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Private Allen of Mississippi Is sueh a
Joker that the people of Mississippi re
fuse to take his candidacy for the sen
ate seriously.
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The French cabinet U wrestling with
clioap wheat and cheap bread , but no
body hns suggested free silver at 10 to
1 as the safety valve.
The Chicago song book scandal has
been hushed by the board of control of
the Epworth league and sacred music Is
to be henceforth as free as salvation.
How handy It Is for the Insurance
companies to have two Insurance de
partments. AVhcn they cannot get
what they wKnt from orte ofllce they
may try the other one.
If President DinIs to come to Omaha
we may learn something about the effect
of the free coinage of Mexican dollars
on the prosperous Mexican peons who
work for 25 cents a day.
Colorado authorities are trying to de
vise some way to render an extra ses
sion of the legislature unnecessary.
One session a year of a legislature like
Colorado's Is about all the people can
stand.
The Canadian premier evidently did
not expect such a heavy recoil when he
referred to war with the United States.
A hair trigger mouth Is about the most
dangerous thing a man in authority
can possess.
The plea for harmony which the late
candidate for president sent to the Ken
tucky democracy appears to have fallen
short As a harnionlzcr he IB not much
moro of a success than as a calamity
pcognostlcator.
Dewey'a sailors are now giving band
concerts for the edification of the people
of Austria. It is a change of tune from
the ono so successfully played at Ma
nila and probably better appreciated
by the people toward whom It was di
rected.
The Dubuquc Telegraph serves notice
that it is in favor of reconciliation and
harmony within the democratic party
in Iowa , but it must be strictly along
10 to 1 lines. This is tantamount tea
a notice to gold democrats to keep oft
the .
grass. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What shall wo do with our surplus
corn Is a question which must soon con
front the producers of Nebraska. Much
of It of course will bo fed to stock dur
ing the winter , but that demand cannot
take up the enormous supply yielded by
Nebraska thla year.
Twenty flvo Nebraska counties report
the amount of canceled mortgages to bo
greatly In excess of the amount of mort
fcagos fllcd. The people are paying their
debts. A llttlo later they will Invest
their surplus in enterprises that must
add imuiousoly to the material wealth of
the state.
The fossil fields expedition had hardly
time to penetrate the wilderness of Wyo
ming when a report is sent out telling of
the discovery of the bones of a huge 1I/
ard. Can It bo possible that the expedi
tion lias carried along with it a staff of
newspaper fakirs who have roady-made
stories of marvelous discoveries to un
load at space rates ?
During April , May and June of this
year the national banks of Nebraska
reported an increase In deposits of
nearly $2,000,000 , to say nothing of the
Increase eliown by state banks. These
facts corroborate the reports of Jobbers
to the effect that money was never so
plentiful In Nebraska. The certainty of
another bountiful crop tills year Is hav
ing the effect of loosening this money ,
which Is being Invested in great enter-
It prises. v.
, t (1IECK TO TltL'STS.
There has apparently been n decisive
check put uiK > n the formation of Inflated
trusts and the Indications are that com
binations or consolidations hereafter of-
fortcil must bo put on the baslsof actual
value In order to sell their slock. The
I'liltcd States Investor renmiks that the
trusts owe their existence to the easy
money conditions which recently pre
vailed. Tlioy found their opportunity In
the fact that the world had become furi
ously disturbed over the contingency of
a material reduction of its Income. Tlio
promoters offered the public 0 and 7
per cent Investments to take the place
of securities on which the Investment
return had been curtailed ( o figures
far below these. IJut the Inflated and
| dangerous character of the trusts hav
ing been pointed out the securities be-
caino largely unsalable. The under
writers and promoters now have them
on their hands , says the Investor. They
themselves have had to carry them.
The lending Institutions have practically
declined to make loans on them. Ilenro
the underwriters and promoters have
been forced to lock up large amounts
of their own capital In the trust securi
ties and the loss In Interest to them Is
piling up each day at a rate which must
grievously trouble them.
A promoter of Industrial combinations
recently said that the old way of or
ganizing them can no longer be worked.
It Is now impossible to raise cash on
any "two for one1' proposition , ho de
clared. The public will not take anymore
moro "wind. " A Rood project may be
carried through , but there Is no chance
for poor ones. "If a consolidation Is
to be effected , now , " he said , "the plants
must be put In on the basis of actual
value and the sellers must bo willing
to take pay in the securities of the now
company. The public will not put their
money Into stocks unless they can be
shown to have real value. " This situa
tion had boon predicted by conserva
tive flnnnclcr.s as Inevitable , but It has
come about sooner than was expected.
It does not mean that there will bo no
more combinations or consolidations
organized , but It does Indicate that the
day of excessively overcapitalized trusts
has gone by , that the public cannot
hereafter be bled for the building up
of this foim of monopoly , but that such
as offer their securities to the public
must be able to show that they have an
adequate basis of actual value. Combi
nations of that character will not bo
the menace to public Interests that the
inflated trusts arc.
There Is another consideration sug
gested by the Investor and that is as
to what would happen In the event of a
tightening money market. In that ca e
the banks would be forced to 'call in
part of their loans and would most
likely be under the necessity of throw-
lug out a portion , at least , of the be-
curltlcs hypothecated for the purpose
of obtaining the means to carry the un
sold trust securities. That Journal ex
presses the opinion that there would
be the most happy insults from a long
period of 5 to G per cent rates In the
money market. No legitimate business
would suffer from such rates , but they
would put a quietus on the mushroom
projects which have been springing up
on every bide to the very great menace
of the entire structure of general busi
ness. There is reason to believe that
the trust craze has about run Us course.
A. NElf FEATURE.
A new feature/ the Philippine op
erations Is the chasing of robber bands
by our soldiers and it Is not unlikely
that this may develop into serious busi
ness. At present it Is confined to the
Island of Negros , where bandits ap
pear to bo numerous , but there Is every
reason to expect that we shall find rob
ber bands in other Islands , possibly
some that will give our soldiers more
trouble than they appear to have had
with the bandits In the Cebu mountains.
According lo the reports these have
made no very great resistance to our
troops , yet purhiilt of them has cost
some American lives ,
This Is a part and it may prove not
an insignificant part of the taslc of es
tablishing American rule In the Phil
ippines. The probability is that brig-
audago extensively prevails there , es
pecially in the mountainous sections ,
and if so its suppression will be no easy
or Inexpensive task. We cannot expect
to accomplish anything with bandits
by measures of conciliation. They must
bo summarily dealt with hunted down
and killed or captured. Perhaps not a
very large force would bo required for
this purpose , but the experience our
troops are having with robber bands in
Negros indicates that this feature of
our task In the Philippines may bi >
found exceedingly troublesome.
TJIK TALltULAll ATFAHt.
Our government has assured the Ital
ian government that every legal meas
ure warranted by the facts will be
taken to Insure justice In the Tallulah
affair and has expressed regret for the
deplorable occurrences. This Is all our
government can do at present since it
must ascertain the facts before deciding
whether it plioukl recognize a demand
for Indemnity. It is slated that tlneo
of the flvo Italians lynched wcra sub
jects of Italy , the other two having
been naturalized. If this shall prove
to be the case the precedent in the Now
Orleans case , In 1SIK ) , will doubtless be
followed and an Indemnity paid to the
families of the men who were Italian
citizens. Very likely our government
will disclaim In the present case , as
was done by Secretary Hlaluc , any di
rect responsibility , but will tender jep-
nratlon as a mutter of courtesy to the
Italian government. It Is not probable
that there will again be a suspension
of diplomatic relations , a there was In
connection with the New Orleans
affair.
As to securing justice by punishing
the murderers of the Italians at Tallu-
lull , It Is safe to say that no measures
the government may take will have
this most desired result. The commu
nity in which the lynching occur * is
said to bo In full sympathy with tha
murderers and hence will protect them.
Undoubtedly they are well known , but
it Is pretty certain that no one will come
forward to accuse them , since to dose
so would bo perilous to the accuser ; In
the New Orleans case the federal au
thorities made some cffoit to have the
murderers brought to punishment , but
It was futile ami It may confidently be
predicted that any effort in the present
case to bring the lynchers to justice
will be without result. The only thing
the government can do Is to pay un In
demnity when It has ascertained uho
Is entitled to it.
TIIK rillST lA'STAll,3tEAT.
The campaign of hypocrisy and dema
gogy Is on. The Hist Installment of Phnr-
Isee Jeremiads over the returning veter
ans from the Philippines has been put
forth by the popocratlc wallers , whose
lamentations nro paid for out of the Coin
Harvey contribution fund. And the bur
den of their first song Is the horrible
neglect and maltreatment of the Invalids
returning from Manila on the hospital
ship , The tale of horrois expressly pre
pared In the most emotional and sensa
tional style , dished up as a special dis
patch from San Francisco by the pope
cratlc organ for political effect , Is char-
acteiisllc. It starts out with a broad
side at the army olllcers and a poisoned
arrow at Ueneial Slinfter In the follow
ing fashion :
San Francisco hns witnefHed ono oC the
war horrors which have made this nation
sick at heart. Once moro the nrmy officials
rhovved themselves utterly heartless , asell
as utterly Incompetent.
The hospital ship Morgan City came Into
port with COO sick and wounded fighters from
the 1'hlllppliio war. On board of It were
men who had fallen on the flrlnc lines or
succumbed to fevers and wasting diseases
of tropical morasses. They were weak nnd
wan. Some could not leave their beds. The
hospital ship was docked at the Treraont
street wharf. There orders were Issued to
transfer the stricken heroes to 'tho Presidio
hospitals. These were the orders of the
hammock campaigner , General Shatter.
Hammock campaigner , forsooth ! Gen
eral Shuftcr Is every Inch a soldier. Al
though 03 years old when he directed
the forces at San Juan and Santiago ,
and under medical treatment , ho un
flinchingly shared the fortunes and hard
ships of the volunteers In a campaign
that culminated In the surrender of 22-
000 Spaniards. Where was there any
wrong committed by him In Issuing an
order that the Invalids on the hospital
ship be transported to the Presidio hos
pitals ? What else could he do but issue
the order ?
Having fired the malicious shaft at
Shaftcr the popocratlc campaign rain
maker dips his. pen in vitriol and goes
off as follows :
For thrco hours these Invalids were kept
on the wharf , with hardly room to stretch
In. Not a nurse was Kent there to soothe
the brows of pain. Men -who needed most
careful attention were left to shift for them
selves. All General Shatter did for them
was to issue his commands. They wanted
medicines and ho gave them orders. People
about the dock grew highly indignant.
Murmurlngs arose , tout murmurlngs brought
no relief to the palo and trembling men who
had to help themselves or not bo helped at
all.
How docs the popocratic bushwhacker
know that the men wanted medicines ?
Were there not army surgeons and stew
ards on board the hospital ship ? Did
not they know what was wanted and
whether the men were in condition to bo
transferred from ono boat to another ?
Of course the men were pale and possi
bly some of them may have trembled ,
but-the chances are that the fakir has
conjured that lurid picture from his fer
tile Imagination , to which ho gives vent
in the following outburst :
The landing of the men was a sight never
to bo forgotten. There was not a Jaunty
step In the entire cowd ; not a. face which
bore the evidence of health. Down the gang
plank etrewed the enfeebled fighters. They
came with canes and crutches ; tjonio with
their arms In slings ; eorno went down the
plank leaning on shoulders of hardier com
panions ; some were carried down on stretch
ers. More went down on the backs of their
fellows , hold on from the rear by othera ,
and then when they reached the dock there
was no resting place for these who were
unable to stand. No chairs , no couches , no
settees nothing but the rough planks of the
wharf and four whitewashed walls of the
shed that covered it.
Do men with a Jaunty stop and
healthy complexion come back from war
on hospital boats ? Is there anything
out of the ordinary course of war in the
fact that crippled and wounded soldiers
come back on crutches and on stretch
ers ? How could the imaginative re
porter know whether the men who car
ried the stretchers were invalids or men
detailed for hospital duty ? How could
these men come down from the ship ex
cept by the gang plank and where was
there anything cruel in landing In a roof-
covered wharf while they were waiting
for the transport to take them to the
Presidio ?
This lurid picture of the horrors of
war is only the prelude of what is In
preparation for the popocratlc campaign
ers when ihe First Nebraska lands at
San Francisco. Then we may expect
paintings modeled after Dante's Inferno.
There seems to be much undue nerv
ousness in Commercial club circles lest
the army headquarters be moved from
Omaha. And this , too , at a time when
a Nebraskan is practically at the head
of the War department. Perhaps these
good people are not aware that army
headquarters arc not maintained in
Omana because of the Investment In
public buildings , but because all promi
nent army commanders , Including Gen
erals Sherman , Sheridan , Miles , Crook
and Brooke , have classed Omaha among
the Important strategic points and army
supply distribution centers. Perhaps
they are not aware , either , that the War
department contemplates the establish
ment of an army supply purchasing de
pot , for which the old postofllce building
Is to bo utllUed , while the new Seven
teenth street wing of the federal buildIng -
Ing , for which an expenditure of i500COO ?
hns been authorized by congress , will befitted
fitted for army heudquarleis.
The French press is proclaiming that
the Industries of that country were KIIO
riflccd In the reciprocity treaty and that
ruin to many will bo the consequence.
When the articles on which favors
have been granted the French in this
country are made known the Btnno cry
Is likely to be heard from this Mde.
The truth of the matter Is , in all prob
ability , that the best InteleMs of both
countries us \\liolo have been served.
The objections L'OUIP from part leu who
have formerly enjoyed an advantage
which is now lost These nro the mi
nority , while the great majority in both
countries nro bound to bo benefited 'iy
any fair nriangement
Another brilliant Idea bus been
evolved by ono of the mooMwcksi who
seek to make a county fair out of tin ex
position Improvised to lepicscnt Greater
America. It Is nothing more nor less
than an exhibit of grain side by side
with the various food products Into
which It can be converted. Tills Is by
no means an original idea. When the
same scheme was proposed tint jciir the
parly was asked whether It would not
be quite MH appropilale to exhibit a
bunch of grass side by side With n bale
of hay , a calf , a haunch of veal , ti calf
skin , a piece of calf skin leather , a pair
of calf skin shoes and the boy with the
shoes on.
A display of grain and vegetables from
Waterloo pteelnct , Douglas county , is
announced as the latest acquisition of
the Greater America. The next time a
national convention is hold we may ex
pect somebody to present credentials
from Clontnrf precinct In Douglas
county , state of Nebraska.
It may bo put down as a llxed fact
that a majority of the properly owners
on Farnam sheet would prefer that as
phalt pavement be substituted for the
noisy graultp. A little later , when the
loss of trade is felt to be due to the
granite , there will be a change. H Is
only a matter of time.
The power canal project , which prom
ises bo much for Omaha , N meeting with
some opposition before the State Irriga
tion board. It Is to be hoped all differ
ences may soon be adjusted and that
work on the canal may be commenced
and pushed without further obstruction.
Senator Thurslon Is billed to reach
Omaha this week. Candidates for the
ofllce of supervisor of the 1000 census In
this county will therefore lose no time
in getting Into line , for Congressman
Mercer Is 5,000 miles away and will not
return for two mouths.
K Me" * of I/lfc.
.Minneapolis Times.
The late John J. Ingolls Is showing signs
of life. He has ibeon mentioned for con
gress lately.
\VII1 Ilcitr
Chicago Times-Herald.
An Omaha man sajs he cured himself of
Drlght's disease by wearing a. mother hub-
bard. Any man who will get cured In that
way ought to bo watched.
1'lrnt bell Serpent < > f the Scunoii.
Washington Fust.
The first sea serpent of the season was
captured at Seneca lake. It consisted of
thirteen feet of eel and the robust Imagina
tion of the farmers in that immediate
vicinity.
All IllRht If l/neil Properly.
Philadelphia. North American.
Eminent respectability is all right and a
good thing to have , but when its fortunate
possessors attempt to use it as a cover for
robbery they ceasa to be respectable emi
nently BO.
DeprivingLeclilAtorN of rcrqnUltcs.
Chicago Post.
The plan to put great combinations of
capital under the exclusive control of con
gress would bo a severe blow to some legis
lators of Eomo states , depriving them of
many perquisites -they have come to regard
as rightfully theirs.
DlHtrlbntlnti of Cnilnl.
Springfield Republican.
The savings of the state banks of Peoria ,
111. , have reduced the rate paid on deposits
to 3 per cent. They are lending money now
at from 5 to 6 per cent , and it is said that
they find moro difficulty 'In keeping funds
employed at these rates than formerly at
7 per cent. These figures reflect a much
moro oven distribution in the supply of
capital throughout the country than used to
prevail. Western borrowers can now obtain
accommodation on nearly as advantageous
terms as these in the cast.
Ciiiuiot Ilruonic n I'lutoornt.
New York Sun.
Sowo of Colonel I3r > an' admirers quake
lost bo should become too much of a pluto
crat and so Impede his political career. Ho
is making and Jaylng up a good dear of
money by means of his books and lectures ,
but it is not In nature that he should be
come a plutocrat , no matter how full his
strong Iboxea grow. A plutocrat Is a rich
man -who doesn't ' believe in 1C to 1. Any
other fellow can bo as rich as he pleases
-without hurting hi * professional standing aa
a populist or democrat.
Should Hi * Hellcrcd.
Philadelphia. Times.
The only method for the government to
pursue in regard to Otis is to icllevo hint
from the command in the Philippines. Ho
has failed to size up to the duty imposed
upon him , 'both ' as an American soldier and
an American citizen , Ho hae played tbo
Spanish grandee when ho should have been
the frank and outspoken American soldier.
Ho has won victories on paper that were
not warranted by the actual Jesuits of his
operations. He has been ungenerous toward
the navy , both in his treatment of the naval
commanders and In bis recognition of their
services. By these means he has forfeited
the confidence of his countrymen and bis
speedy retirement Is demanded.
The I'liHHlllK of OtlN.
Philadelphia Times.
Ttho passing of Otis has a melancholy In
terest even for those who are most strenu
ous In demanding his removal. He has been
all hl.H fife a soldier. Ho has obtained high
rank in the army , U was believed ho had
the ability necessary to the Important com
mand that was given him. Unfortunately
ho has disappointed his own high hopes and
the confident expectations of the country.
Even his friends are compelled to admit Ills i
uniltness for the post be now holds. Wo are
not disposed to blame him with too much { ,
ueverlty , but the only way tut of the altua- j
tlon caused by bis Incompetence Is his recall , j |
The command in the Philippines must bo '
placed In abler hands. There cannot bo an
other campaign without the previous passing
of Otis.
Whnt They Mi-itn.
Philadelphia I/'dger.
The proceedings at Chicago are a finger
board to tbo next national convention. It U
obvious that Mr. Bryan Is tbo choice of the
democratic party for president , Mr. Croker
has a utalklng horse in Judge Van Wyck , and
Mr. Gorman has some aeuatorlal advocates ,
while California suggests ex-Senator White ,
nut Mr. Bryan Is without a serious rival.
He la the embodiment of tbo Chicago plat
form and tbo logical candidate if that prat-
form shall bo affirmed. Sound money demo
crats -who have hoped for the return of the
party to reason will be disappointed , but
their hopes have rested on thin air. What
ever may be the defects of the McKlnloy ad
ministration , or of republican policy , the
democrats cannot profit by them , free bill or
upclls ruin to the democratic prospects.
msiMJss COMHTIOVS.
I'liip Shovrlnjr In Stnlo of Trndo
TlirmiKhntit the Country.
tllwaukco Evening Wsconrtn
During the year 1890 the number of prr-
sonn cmplojed by the railroad companies
of the L'nltcd State * wim Increased by S1.0S.I ,
the wliolo number of railway employes now
being 874.553. The wages paid by the rail
road companies In 1S9S aggregated $493-
OJ.,61S , nn Increase of $20,454.037 over the
preceding sear. This Indicates how the
Increased actUlty In transportation put
nicniey Into the pockets of the people. H
Indicates ono of the reasons why ( he rendi
tions of the general labor market have been
io\crsed slnco 1S98. Then there were men
everywhere watting for a Job ; noIn p\ery
part of the country ( hero nro Jobs waiting
for men. The exports of the "groat staple
crops during the past fiscal jear , while
larger Inolume than ever before , brought
In $85,000,000 less than in 1S97-S , en account
of n decline In prices. Hut the export ) of
manufactures Increased during the year to
the extent of $80,000,000 , bringing the ag
gregate value of the exports neatly to the
unprecedented level of the preceding jrar.
Money continue * to accumulate In the coiw-
try. The reports to Comptroller Dawes of
the condition of the national banks on Juno
30 , ISM. Indicate that nn even larger v 1-
umo of buslncfo will be shown by the complete -
pleto returns than the high water mark
touched by the repoits for April 5. The1
'
returns nro thus'far complete only for the'
large cities , but the growth of loans nnd
discounts and Individual deposits Is very
ccnsldcrablo and seems likely to be fus-
talncd by the record for the smaller cities
and the country banks. The Impiovcmcnt
In loans at Now York over the April re
ports Is about $22.000,000 ; at Philadelphia ,
$16,000,000 ; at Chicago , $ ! ) ,000,000 ; at Pitta- |
burg , $0,500,000 ; at Cleveland , $3,000,000 , at ] ]
St. Iy > tis ! , $2,000,000 ; at Kansas City , $2,000I j I
000 , and nt Milwaukee nn even $1,000,000. j I
There arc losses nt Baltimore , Boston nnd n i
few other cities , but upon the -whole the
volume of loans In the large cities Is far
ahead of the ( April returns , when the loans
and discounts of all the national banks of
the United States stood at the unprece
dented figure of $2,403,110,805 , The gold
circulation of the United States has grown
to the cnormoufl extent of $02,000,000 dur
ing the past year , and the not amount of
gold In the trcasary Is now $246,000,000
larger than at nny previous period In Its
history. Withal , crop prospects In the
west are favorable , and the outlook for n
brisk fall business Is all that could be dc-
slrcd.
A ( lUUVriOA 01 ? IVACES.
|
nf AVorlc ami Itriimiirratlon i
Tor lluii iiml Women. I
Kan as City Star. | I
As a matter of abstract Justice there Is
no reason why a woman who does the work
of a man , and docs It as well as a man ,
should not receive a man's pay. There Is
right on the side of the resolution passed
yesterday by the National Protective Asso
ciation of Itetall Clerks , taking a stand in
favor of this idea , but whether the enforce
ment of that policy would bring about the
result which it contemplates Is another
question.
It is the belief
of many Intelligent per
sons who have given careful attention to
the employment ofwomen that an equality
of wages between men and women ivould
have the effect of
immediately throw lug a
very largo number of the latter out of .
work. That would Inflict hardship In IndlI I
vidual cases , but the general result might
not be unfortunate. It Is certain that the
employment of women at cheap wages , to
perform the -work that was formerly done by
men , has greatly complicated the labor
problem in this country. It has thrown
hundreds and thousands of men out of Joba
who ought to bo earning a support for wives
and daughters and sisters. With all that
Has been said In favor of enlarging- the
sphere of woman's activity , a good many
sensible people continue to hold to the be
lief that the responsibility of earning a liveli
hood devolvec on a man and Is not , under
ordinary circumstances , the duty of the
woman.
There ore some lines of employment In
which 'women are as successful , or more
so , than men for example , the profession
of teaching. It is here that the principle
of equal remuneration ought to be applied ,
and could bo without endangering the po
sitions of women. Wherever it Is neces
sary for -women to leave their homes and
gain a. support in shops or offices or fac
tories they should be paid as much for
their work as would be given to men for
the same service. The enforcement of
this rule , however , in aH lines of work
would , it Is believed , cause the withdrawal
of many women from business pursuits
and the employment of men in their
places , limn bringing back the old order of
things , ivhen women were content with
the comforts -with which their natural
guardians were able to provide them.
rnnso.\Ai. IAXD OTIIKIIWISK.
Prof. Erlck von Drygalskl.the leader of the
forthcoming German Antarctic exposition , la
31 years old , and was born at Koenlgsberff ,
in Prussia.
General Wheeler hao presented Miss Helen
Gould , whose guest his daughter has recently
been , with a handsome Spanish staff officer's
Hword , picked up on the battlefield near
Santiago.
John Clftrk , ivho died in Indianapolis the
other day at the age of 94 , came to the Bite
of thai city -with his parents In 1829. They
had to travel through trackless forests- , blaz
ing their way as they went.
Governor Olount of Indiana Is the onucr
of a model farm and takes a great Interest
Inagriculture. . Frequently ho spends whole
dajs In the flolil , working with the farm
hands at tbo hardest kind of manual labor.
Paul Kuppcr , the sculptor , is making a
model of a badger to be cast In bronze nnd
presented to tbo now batttesblp Wisconsin.
The animal will bo a native typo and not
the European ono so long used for that state.
The bronze is the gift of Admiral Sampson ,
who procured It nt Santiago.
The late Congressman S. A. Cobb of Kan
sas was once introduced to a political meet
ing in lAwrence of that ttalo as "our gal
lant standard bearer , Colonel S. A. Cobb , "
Cobb had been only a captain of commissary ,
and ho said ; "I am unduly given rank.
You ECO before you the cob without the
kernel. "
The cashier of the Middlesex County bank
at Perth Amboy , N. J , , chose not to plead
to the charge of embezzlement , and was
'sentenced to six years' Imprisonment with
out having had a trial. HU punishment
came swift and It would have been severer
had his course in not Insisting upon a trial
saved the county a good deal of money.
President Kruger recently refused an In
terview to a celebrated Englishman , who
thereupon sent back word that ho must see
him , that ho was no ordinary person , that ,
In fact , he was a membfr of the House of
Lords , The servant wen < jai\ay and returned
with the message 'Th < J president bays ho
cannot see you , and adds that he Is a cattle
herder. "
nt : vi\TiMt 1101 us or t. iiion.
Slrcrl Itnllvny niniilorrn lit Tnkp
Their Cnur lo HIP Coin-In.
Brooklyn Uncle.
The railroad cmplo > es who want the ten-
hour labor law enforced are planning to take
their cnso to the courts. A suit Involving
the point nt Issue was brought at the Instance
nt the railroad corporations n long tlmo ago ,
but it Is Mill undecided. It Is possible to
pet n decision In splto of nn alleged Indispo
sition of tbo railroad corporations to faro a
Jury. If the 1 W is constitutional and en
forceable It will bo generally , though not
universally , admitted thnt It should be en
forced. U provides that ten consecutive
liomV labor , Including one-half hour for
dinner , shall constitute n day's labor on
Mroet surface or elevated railroads , and It
forbids the cmjilojmcnt of any man for n
longer tlmo than that. In ease of accident
or unavoidable delay , however , extra labor
may bo performed for extra compensation
Thcro are many men who believe that the
etntute Is so worded as to permit the practice
against which the motormcn And conductors
have complained. The courts alone can de
cide that point. Hut whether the net ac
complishes Its purpose or not the practice
at which It wan aimed ought to bo abolished.
It Is easy enough to say that supply nnd do-
I niand legulato the price of labor But when
, by the operation of that law men do not
I got a'living WORC the moral obligations of
the fitato nro not fulfilled bv nn appeal to
' the eoonomlp law. Supply and demand put
women and children In the mines in Eng
land. The children were born weak and
sickly because of the practice and the women
were demoralized. The statute law had to
step In and say thnt the practice should stop
in the Interest of public health and morality.
When the race Instinct of self-preservation
came In contact with the economic law that
law had to jleld. The tendency'of all trade
Is to buy In the cheapest possible market.
Wlien there tire moro laborers than posl-
lions the wages go down till they roach
the starvation point. Then there IB a pro-
teat from the helpless poor -who have nc-
copted the wages. The ten-hour law was
passed In response to the demand of the
rallrcnd cmplojcs for protection ngalnst
submitting to their own needs nnd for pre
venting the railroad companies from profit
ing by their necessities. Wo must admit
that It is difficult to frame n law which can
protect these men while It does not Interfere
with the freedom of contract. It may be
said that the ten-hour law Is enforced ns
It stands , while a man works fourteen hours
under It. Wo believe that the men are paid
a fixed sum for each trip nnd the * time ( able
Is so arranged that ulthln ten hours a man
may earn $2 If ho makes all the trips on his
flshedule. But the $2-a-diy wage Is nominal
rather than real. The unit of measurement
is the trip. Now , If because of delays the
man has been unable to make only $1.50
In ten hours the law permits him to work
extra tlmo and receive pay for that tlmo at
the same rate as within the legal day. So
ho may have to work fourteen hours to earn
$2 , and the company may still be within the
law. This Is the great evil of the trip pay
ment system. The attempt of the courts to
enforce the law would soon show whether
this evasion of Its purpose was punishable
or not. But even If It is found that the law
IB defective , and thnt It is not possible to
frame a statute which will roach the trouble ,
every humane citizen will hope that such
an adjustment of the rate of wages and the
hours of labor may be reached as will permit
the railroad men to get acquainted with
their families and send their children to
school Instead of putting them at work be
fore they have received the elements of an
education.
STKADV 'INCHI2ASI2 ' l.N 1 > 1S\SIONS.
Hello lciiK < ht > iilnKf Out n the Years
Co ! ! ) .
Brooklyn Eagle.
It Is not probable that a thorough Idea of
tbo coat to the government In. dollars and
cents growing out of the recent war with
Spain and the present struggle In the Philip
pines will fasten itself upon the people of
tbo country for some time to come. When the
United States was drawing upon Its every
resource moro than a year ago , getting ready
for the anticipated struggle with Spain , the
expense of war was discussed , but there were
few who viewed > the subject in all its phases.
Llttlo or no attention was paid to the after
math. The question of pensioning the men
who in the ordinary course of war would bo
disabled either by sickness or wounded , or
the widows of soldiers who would bo killed
in battle or die as the result of disease con
tracted while in the service , was scarcely
touched upon. Yet in the years to come this
particular phase of the short but sharp
congest wllf present itself with force to the
statesmen whoso duty it "will be lo provide
for the current expenses of the government.
The experience of the Pension bureau has
taught that the great majority of men who
have served in the various wars of the coun
try since the foundation of the government
have not filed their claims for pensions until
jeara afler the war in which ithey were en
gaged had been brought to a close.
This delay has been almost wholly duo to
tbo fact that claims were not filed until the
claimant was well advanced In years and
was beginning to feel the effects of tbo hard
ships suffered 'by ' him during his period of
service. It 1s not as a general thing until
fifteen or twenty years have passed that the
veterans begin to find themselves becoming
Incapacitated for gaining a livelihood. This
is especially true in the case of the civil
war. Up to 1880 the amount of money paid
out 'by ' the government in the xbapo of pon-
fcilons was far less than that paid during the
fiscal year of 1898. In 1880 the amount was
$30,698,228 , while In 1898 it was $144,651,879 ,
( As a result of the war with Spain there
have been about 11,000 applications for pen
sions , either from the men who were Inca
pacitated in the service or by the widows
of men who died while with their commands
In camp or In tbo field. Seventy-five pen
sions have been allowed , the greater number
of them being to widows , who are granted
$12 a month.
( Already tbo amount paid out In pensions
as n result of the Spanish war ampunts to
more than $11,000 a year , and when favora
ble action Is taken on the claims now pend
ing , this amount will without 'oubt be In
creased into the millions. There can bo no
doubt that claims will continue to bo re
ceived at the Pension bureau , Indeed , If
past expericnco counts for anything , they
have scarcely commenced. The number of
men killed In battle during the war with
Spain was 279 , whllo 1,465 were wounded ,
These numbers represent but a very small
portion of the ones who are entitled to pen
sions. The vast amount of sickness In the
various military camps In different parts
of the country ban made many Invalids for
life , who have a Just claim for support by
the government. Thcro nro thousands of
others who contracted diseases In the serv
ice which , whllo they do not have the Im
mediate effect of disabling the victim , will
In a few years result In permanent disability
and afford good grounds for application for
a pension. There la no way of determining
tbo exact number of thrno cases , but It U
thought that they will number many thou
sands
The war in the Philippines promises to add
thousands of names to the list of those ellgl-
RAKING
. .
.j ABSOLUTELY PURE
Mokes ti > food more delicious and wholesome
, .
na > ooe co mw vomc.
bio to receive government aid. The numb f
of death * In nctlon Is already connlderoblp ,
nnd a greater number'have died of wounds
received. The unheallhful conditions under
which the troops In the Philippines hav
existed have been responsible for many
deaths from lckne. s nnd for n still greater
number of partlnl or total disabilities. Front \
present Indications many more- will be killed V
or wounded befftre the Insurrection U /
crushed. The advent of the summer season
In the Philippines will no doubt prove somewhat -
what disastrous to the American soldiers ,
who nro accustomed to the northern nnd
moro temperate cllmnto cf the United States
The records of the pension ofllce show
that more thnn $2.250.000.000 have been p M -
out In pensions resulting from the civil war. / / >
The cost of the active operations of that w i
that Is. the cost of maintaining the vnrloui
armies In the field was somewhat mori
thnn $1,000,000,000. Thus fnr the pension
money for the civil vvnr has been more than
twice thnt paid out for the cost of actual
operations. Nor is the end In sight. The
nmount of pension mone > paid out during
the fiscal year 1S9S was $4.000.000 moro thnn
thnt cf the previous jcar. Thcro Is every
reason to believe that It will be fully fifteen
years before the amount of money needed
for the payment of pensions of the civil war
will bo materially decreased nnd fully fifty
years before the last claimant hns pflsscd
a way.
aiinsiniMnu MIUTII.
Philadelphia Record : tthen n fellow un.
dcrfakcM to teiioh liH f rl to ride on a. tan
dem they'to llablu to be thrown together a
grout deal.
IndlnnnnoMa Journal : Hrown lloir did
j'ou Rvt Hint black e > e7
Green < Tlio moMiulto ducked.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I don't nee hon
poets Iliul nny ln plratlun In hot weather.
"Oh , 1 dou t know ; thcie's huckleberry
pie. "
Philadelphia Heeord : "The game Is up. "
remarked the /ncetloUH player vvhwi Itvaa
decided to raise the ante.
Chicago Post : "Th'ro's the smartest HtH
woman th.it ever took hold of this servant
Klrl problem , " snld the old gentleman , point-
In ? with pride to hl onlv daughter.
"How's she KoltiR lit It ? "
"Gettln1 up a popular song to idealize dish
washln' . "
Detroit Journal : "He thinks lie's prettj
smooth ! "
"Somebody lias been soft-soaping : him. "
Chicago News : The comedian bontdci
whlspeie < l in the sweet Hlngcr'n car ; " 1
den't know what's getting In to me , Miss
De Vep ; , "
"What's the matter now ? "
"Why , can't you see I'm eating hash. " "
Then the landlady beheaded a fly which
was making away with a plundered btb-
cult.
Washington Stnr : "I think , " ? nld tha
manager of the burlesque company , "that
wo ciin innke thin nhovr go tills summer 1C
wo keep far enough u.vvay irom the scushoro * v
resorts. " V
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*
Iiidlnnajx > ll3 Journal : "Faith , " said tha
man in clerical garb , "will remove moun
tains. "
"Great mackerel ! " exclaimed the Knnmia
man. "It's worse than cyclones , isn't 117'
Somervlllo Journal : "Our sovvlnjr society
met today for the fliet tljno In over two
moiuUm , " she * > Jld.
"Ah ! " ho icturncd : "another scandal. "
ChlcaKo News : "It's pimply Impossible for
mo to llnd bread for my family , " said the
loafer.
"Samo way here , " remarked the grocer.
"I have to work for it. "
Philadelphia Record : It's all very well
for a Jailor to put the latest wrinkles Into
your suit as long as they don't make a point
of appearing up the inlddlu of the back.
Chicago Record : "Hello ! old man , you'ro
looking well , " h.ild the chronic borrower to
un acuualntance.
"Yos > , " replied the other , "ajid I attribute
it to the fact that I have recently given up
my worst habit. "
"Indeed ! And what was that ? " asked the
a b.
"T fravo up givingup , " was the laconic
reply.
AVIIUHIi 19 THIS rOOTt
Philadelphia ! Press.
Hero in my desk's disorder set ,
HeapB of ipaper und "books " between ,
Rfllc cit days t'lmt ' are past regret.
Stands thla slipper of hunting-green.
Who wan It vvoie It , Josephine ?
Margaret , Helen or Vivian ?
I know she was Joyous and sweet' 19
Where Is the foot that \voie it , then ?
Her name , by the powers , I quite forget ;
Regal 1t was , and herself a queen.
For her haughty air I can see ft yet
And the satin slipper still keeps its sheen ,
iMany the footlights It ho seen
Flare to the ohe&rs of applauding1 men ;
On many a polished floor It's been
Where Is Hie foot that wore It , then.
Now it Is holding a cigarette ,
The last ot a dozen that Intervene
'Tvvlxt work and play , tor my last coqustta
Is maid to the PrlncCBS Nicotine.
Yet the. emoko torlng-s back that graceful
mien ,
That IniiR-li half-smothered , that voice
again ;
The slipper is full oC licr glance nnd
glepn
Wheio is the foot that wore it , tlicn ?
Life , doeu she atlil o'or my shoulder lean ,
Marlon , Alice or Adrlenne ?
Toll me , thla Wt of in old regime.
\Vhro i the foot that wore it , then ?
BICYCLE
SLITS-
It is cheaper to buy a bi
cycle suit now than it is to wear
out-your old clothes on a wheel.
We have these suits in a
lot of styles at $3.75 , $4 and $5 ,
or you can wear the fancy check
bicycle breeches with a coat , in
plain colors.
The prices on bicycle goods
are about one half what they
shoufd be , and that means about
one half what they were early
'n the season.
The finest kinds and pat
terns of outing or negligee
shirts to go with the suits.
We have everything , in V
short , for outing wear , and at
the lowest prices at which goods
that are worth buying at all
can be had ,
V