TTtTDAY , OCTOBER 27 ,
THE OMAHA DAILY
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plete copies of The Dally. MornlnR , Lvcn-
InK and Sunday Bee. printed during the
month of September , 1855 , was as follows :
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G 2 ,170 20 21,7-10
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11 2.-.720 20 2I , 70
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13 2 MHO 23 21,510
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15 21,700 30 . 2 , 2t ) [
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M. B. HUNQATE.
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'Resistor ' today.
'llppubllriins ' who liavo not already rcg-
Istorod must not fall to do so today.
Do not lU'sloct your duty to resistor.
It IH just as important as voting , lie-
cause you cannot vote unless you regis
ter.
Joseph Chamberlain probably wishes
lie had hold of the boar's tail a little
further out toward tlu > end , where It
would heasicr to let RO.
I'opocratlc orators who say that every-
-thins which the fanner raises Is golns
down in price must be standing on their
heads when they look at the llsnres.
Tort Dodge , la. , is complaining of
an ice famine. The people of that sec
tion should be able to bear up at this
time of the year. The condition of the
conl pile is of far more absorbing In
terest.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Agulnaldo is sending men over to this
country to end the rebellion In the Phil
ippines , lie might save steamship fare
if he would take notice of the men the
United States is sending over to the
islands with- the same purpose In view.
The Nebraska potato crop is by no
means the least significant of the state's
resources. With a total yield of over
10.000,000 bushels this year it requires
but a simple mathematical process to
prove the wealth-giving power of the
potato. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A man at one of Bryan's recent meetIngs -
Ings had his picket picked of $833. A
man who would stand around with that
much money in bis pocket and listen
approvingly to some one telling him that
-times are as hard as ever deserves to
be touched up.
The people who have been worrying
so much nlwut what the president pro
posed to do with Cuba can get some In
formation from the Thanksgiving proc
lamation. Their fears ma > l > e somewhat
allayed by the statement that the "ad
ministration of the trust has been faith
fully advanced. "
Having tried to stampede the ro- ?
lu'iulans to the fusion sham reform
ticket because of the personal griev
ances of an editor who failed to receive
recognition by federal appointment the
popocratle patriots arc now trying to
rouse the Ciermnns Into a revolt In order
to redress the alleged grievances of half
ti ilo7.cu German editors.
Home people never know when they
nro well treated. This Is evidently true
of the candidates on the fusion ticket
whoso fool friends are doing their level
best to provoke the business end of The
lice Into action. There Is such a thing
H being too generous to political op
ponents In a campaign when there Is
plenty of ammunition on hand.
It is a dinicult matter to lose an
American newsimper man. Kaston , who
was war correspondent for one of the
1/mdon papers , Is a Mlssourlan. Ills
native desire to have someone "show"
him was so great that he got too near
the front and was captured by the
Hoers , but he Immediately set to work
on the other side of the line without the
loss of a day.
The Hee's special dispatches from San
Francisco give November U as the < late
of departure of the Iowa volunteer regi
ment and the prediction Is made thai
the troops will reach Council IHulTs
the day before election , lowans , how
ever , will not be unmindful of Ne
braska's experience , which teaches that
the soldiers may bo expected only when
they get here.
For Borne time prior to the date whet
the government foreclosed Its lien upoi
the Union Pacific railroad a great deal
was heard about the segregation of the
several feeder lines. Kver since the
government's claim was satisfied the reverse -
verse process has had the boards and
now the aggregation of the old-tlmu
Union Pudlle lines , branches and spurs
sceniK to have been nearly accomplished.
IN
The sham reform loaders nnd them
selves in most desperate straits. Kind-
Ing themselves In face of n landslide
they brought back William Jennings
Kryan to save the day If possible and
Hrynti Is touring Nebraska and deliver
ing flamboyant antl-lmperlallsm and
anti-trust speeches , while Iloleoiub Is
making frantic appeals to the populists
and democrats whom ho deluded and
betrayed to turn out and vote for him
self and reform just once more.
lint the people of Nebraska are doing
their own thinking this year. They have
tried the faith-cure oiiru too often and
found that the political Sehlatters and
prophets of Ill-omen have Imposed upon
their credulity. The people of Nebraska
realize also that Hrynn himself Is re
sponsible for the annexation of the Phil
ippines and all the consequences that
may follow. They know that he rushed
to Washington all the way from Florida
to urge his followers to ratify the treaty
of Paris , by which alone annexation
could have become a fixed fact. They
also know that trusts were In existence
before llryan took his seat In congress
nnd that during Ids four years' congres
sional career never raised his voice
against trusts or monopoly.
Hut the lion in the path of the sham
reformers Is general prosperity. That is
the factor and force most feared by the
mountebanks of the three-ring circus ,
nnd all the specious pleas and frantic
appeals made by them cannot offset It or
make the people believe that It Is their
duty or Interest to ignore the changed
conditions nnd set their faces against
the indisputable proof that republican
policies bring more satisfactory results
than the visionary scheme of maklu'g-
people rich by opening the mints to free
coinage.
The hopelessness of the fusion cause
is , however , most forcibly Illustrated by
the desperate and fierce onslaught the
fusion campaigners and their organs are
making upon Judge Ileesc In order to
cover Ilolcomb's Inglorious record ns
governor and masterly retreat as a can
didate. With the audacity worthy of a
better cause these desperadoes have
fabricated the most stupid fakes and
magnified molehills into mountain ? .
They print Idiotic cartoons that repre
sent Judge Kecse as filching thousands
upon thousands of dollars out of the
state treasury when In fact the startling
pictorial exhibit proves to be nothing
nore than salary receipts and vouchers
for his services as Judge and pay of his
stenographer. The manifest design of
such cartoons is to Impose upon the ig
norant and credulous who would not
take the trouble to make a close exami
nation.
The fakirs do not , however , reproduce
the house rent vouchers drawn hy Hol-
conib under false pretenses and in violation
lation of the constitution. Such con
temptible tactics will , however , not save
Ihe day for the Impostors who are nms-
ineradlng as reformers.
AN 1.MPIIUV1XG SITUATION.
President McKInley has assured the
country that the situation in the Phil
ippines Is improving. In his proclama
tion designating a day of thanksgiving
the president says that while the in
surrection still continues in Luzon ,
"business Is resuming its activity and
confidence In the good purposes of the
United States is being rapidly estab
lished throughout the archipelago. " For
some days there has been little informa
tion In regard to the Philippine situa
tion and the public has had no reason
to suppose that there was any material
change , but It Is to be inferred from
the president's statement that the sov-
eminent Is In possession of Information
that has not been given to the public.
The country will gratified to learn
that progress Is being made In estab
lishing confidence In the good purposes
of the United States and will earnestly
hope for a distinct manifestation of this
at an early day. The numerous disap
pointments that have followed favorable
reports from the commander in the
Philippines have caused the public to
regard advices from that quarter with
more or less incredulity and this feelIng -
Ing will retain possession of the popular
mind until there is practical and un
mistakable evidence of Improvement
In the situation. As yet there Is no
such evidence so far as the public
knows , but It Is not wise to assume
that none exists. The government , as
indicated by the statement of the pres
ident , may have such evidence. At all
events , It Is not unreasonable to sup
pose that some even of the Filipinos
who are opposed to American rule are
beginning to realize the hopelessness
of the attempt to prevent the establish
ment of American sovereignty in the
islands nnd are willing to stop hostil
ities If assured of fair nnd liberal
treatment. Fully aware of the deter
mination of this government to establish
Its sovereignty nnd of its power to dose
so , it is quite possible that even some
of the leaders of the Insurrection are
conscious of the futility of further re
sistance and would welcome honorable
terms of peace. The force with which
the United States will soon enter upon
a vigorous campaign Is formidable. It
is a larger army than Spain ever had
In the Philippines iind the Insurgents
will understand that It is there for the
most aggressive warfare. They have
learned that the American method of
carrying on war Is very different from
that of the Spaniards and that Amer
ican soldiers are vastly superior to those
of Spain. No one should know better
than Agulnnldo himself the overwhelm
ing odds against which the Insurgents
are contending nnd therefore the hope
lessness of achieving their purpose by
continuing hostilities.
A serious question with the American
people Is whether the war Is hereafter
to bo prosecuted with a view to de
cisive results or there Is to be a repeti
tion of the futile campaigning that has
been going on for months. Are our
troops to go on capturing towns nnd
abandoning them , to bo reoccupled by
the enemy , or will the splendid army In
Luzon strike such effective and decisive
blows as to tspmllly end the insur
rection ? The military operations thus
far have reflected no credit upon the
commander In the Philippines , The
valor of our soldiers has been to a largu
extent fruitless. The loss of life aud
1
the expenditure of money have not
brought adequate results. There has
been a lack of skillful gcnt'mlshlp. The |
responsibility for all this rests with the
olllcer In chief command. It appears to
be the Intention to retain him in com
mand and this fact , causes apprehension
that results reasonably to bo expected
will not be realized. There should bo
a material Improvement In the Philip
pine situation within the next three
months , but In order to effect It there
must be a decided change front past
military methods.
TASK.
The Kngllsh people are beginning to
realize that the task they have under
taken in South Africa Is very far from
easy. Mr. Chamberlain said In the
House of Commons on Wednesday : "Wo
have never denied that the Transvaal
was a foeman worthy of our steel. " Yet
It Is n fact that most Englishmen and
particularly those In the military service
believed that the Hoers were no match
for the Hrltlsli and that a conflict be
tween them would be of short duration.
An Kngllsh ofllclal formerly In the
South African service and who had
fought against the Hoers expressed the
opinion that a war would not last
two months , that n few defeats would
discourage the defenders of the Trans
vaal republic and lead them to sue for
peace.
There is no doubt that ninny others
felt this way , but it is already shown
to be n delusion. The Hoers wont to
Avar with the linn determination to light
to the bitter end. Mr. Chamberlain said
that President Kruger never Intended
to give anything approaching the rights
to the white race , or any acknowledg
ment of Hritlsh supremacy. Therefore
war was Inevitable. The colonial sec
retary was undoubtedly right so far as
Hrltlsli supremacy Is concerned nnd
that supremacy will be resisted as long
as the Hoers are able to marshal n
force against the Urltlsh. It was the
expectation of the British government
that these people would act wholly on
the defensive. They have taken the
offensive and they arc showing that
they had a carefully-formed plan oC
campaign before beginning hostilities.
The aggressive movements of the Hoers
have been a startling surprise to' Kng-
Ilshmcn and from present Indications
still more startling events are In
the near future. Those Dutchmen
may not move with the swiftness of
Hritlsh or American soldiers , nor light
with their dash , but they are unsur
passed In courage and persistence.
It is now threatened that England will
have added to the task of conquering
the Hoers and their allies of the Orange
Free State the suppression of n more
or less formidable revolt In Cape Colony.
This may be averted , but a few suc
cesses by the Hoers woultt be very likely
to produce a revolution in the Colony ,
In spite of all the precautions that have
been taken against an uprising. Then
there is the further danger from the
natives , though the Boers have as much
to fear from this , perhaps , as the
British.
Mr. Chamberlain said : "We are told
we shall lose South Africa. Our for
eign friends are convinced of It. But
L am not alarmed. " The colonial sec
retary is an optimist , but. however good
the reasons may be for his now feeling
optimistic and of course eventually
England will triumph before the wai
ls ended Englishmen will have cause
to take a gloomy view of the situation
and to deplore the conflict.
The dispatches predict that railway
managers will renew their war upon
ticket scalpers upon the opening of con
gress , there being a growing determina
tion to stamp out the evil. The ticket
broker may be like unto a barnacle upon
the railroad bull or n wart upon the
railroad nose , but how he can be sup
pressed by law has yet to be demon
strated. If stringent federal laws can
not check discrimination In railroad
freight rates or prevent rebate-giving to
favored shippers , how can the govern
ment stop railroads from selling tick
ets to brokers at prices below the tariff
rates ?
The antics of the popoerats cause
that tired feeling to pervade one's
being. They work themselves up Into
a high pitch of enthusiasm anil then
nominate two or three men for the
same olllce. Hcsult : A protracted
scrap , In which one nominee rushes
into court asking for a writ of man
damus compelling the bookmaker to put
the said nominee's name on the olllclal
ballot. Meanwhile the other nominee
stands not afar off nursing the convic
tion that he alone Is It. Thus does the
frank Incense of harmony pervade the
popocratle camps In these parts.
Under the administration of Benjamin
Harrison the surplus in the United
States treasury grew to such large proportions -
portions that democrats raised a wall
about overtaxation and excessive Impost
duties. Under President Cleveland's ad
ministrative policy the bottom fell out
of the gold chest and Uncle Sam had to
borrow millions. At n cabinet meeting
this week Secretary Gage reported
nearly ? ; iOO,000,000 In the treasury.
Whether these happy conditions nro duo
to republican policies or not , It Is quite
evident that they are absent under the
sway of democratic policies.
The Pnnaineiican exposition nt Buffalo
has selected the strongest possible avail
able man for director general and has
adopted by-laws making the appointee
general director In fact : > s well as in
mime. The Buffalo people are profiting
by the mistakes of other expositions.
Their organization Is said to bo superior
to that of any American exposition.
They define the duties of every ottlclal ,
give him full authority and bid him do
his best. His failure will lead to dis
missal. Under this plan the best pos
sible results are attainable.
Unless the popocratlc orators make
some special effort they will not be nblo
to get together on the prosperity ques
tion before the campaign Is over. Some
still Insist there Is no prosperity , while
others have not the nerve to make the
denial. The latter content themselves
with predicting that present prosperous
i
conditions will not last. Unless Ihe two
classes of orators can be brought to
some common ground , they should be
rounded up and each sent Into a terri
tory by Itself where they would
not cross trails ,
There may be , and probably Is , n
shortage of cattle In the country as
compared with some other years. The
South Omaha market Is not a sufferer
thereby , however. During the month
of October the receipts were In excess
of any month In the history of this mar
ket. The same Is true with hogs and
sheep. South Omaha Is climbing right
up In the list In spite of the reported
shortage and the establishment of other
markets. These facts speak volumes
for the advantages offered to shippers.
We hear a great deal of late about the
zinc mines of the .Toplln-Oalena district ,
of the fortunes being made there and of
the growing Importance of the Industry.
This Is title to restored confidence In In
dustrial enterprises and the consequent
disposition of capitalists to Invest
money in promoting them. Knowledge
of _ rlch zinc deposits In Missouri Is old ;
their development only awaited the
capitalist. In seasons of business and
Industrial depression capital is timid ;
in good times It Is bold.
When General Nelson A. Miles drove
through old Fort Omaha he was struck
with the natural beauty of the park as
contrasted with the decadence of the
buildings and the aspect of neglect pre
sented by the abandoned fort. It Is to
bo hoped the government may take steps
tr restore and preserve this property ,
putting It to some good use , as has al
ready been suggested In congress or by
General Miles.
The meeting In Kansas City between
representatives of the Commercial club
and otllclals of the Burlington load must
Indeed have been most felicitous. Both
parties to the armistice are claiming the
victory anil each professes to bo
thoroughly well satisfied with the situa
tion. How delightful It would be If
every scrap In which business men and
corporations engage could be adjusted
so readily and so amicably.
Bryan Is to make eighty-eight speeches
during his tour in the saving business
In this state.
According to the press rep
resentatives with the special train , ho
speaks to from 8,000 to1,000 people at
each point. As the total vote of the
state is about UOO.OOO and Mho eighty-
elglit appointments only cover a small
portion of the territory , some Inquiring
mind may be inclined to doubt the box
ollice figures.
The Des Moines
Leader publishes a
striking cartoon , depicting Colonel
Bryan astride his hobby horse , which
Is energetically hitting the treadmill ,
the White House looming up In Ihe dis
tance. A great deal of noise Is being
made by them the colonel and the
horse but no progress can be noted , in
fact the distance between the treadmill
and the White House appears to bo
increasing.
A IV'cceaniiry Procedure.
St. Louis Republic.
Of course the Pullman and Wagner Bleep-
fj oar companies obtained the permission
of the porters' trust before they consoli
dated.
Cnu/ie / for C nriitnliitlon.
Washington Star.
Spain's present concern over Philippine
matters Is confined to looking over Its
ledgers and congratulating Itself on having
gotten the whole affair off Its hands.
Any Port In n .Storm.
' Washington Post.
.Having . returned from Kentucky , where ho
advised against bolting the democratic
ticket , 'Mr. ' Bryan is now prepared to make
a tour of Nebraska with Holler Altgeld as
his speaking mate. Mr. Bryan's versatility
Is remarkable.
Value oT tli Torr-Ilne.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The farmers ofthe northwest have re
ceived an unexpected but no less welcome
addition to tholr wealth 'this ' season In the
Increased price of flax. It Is estimated that
North Dakota farmers alone will get wore
than $10,000,000 for their flax crop , which
will enable them to hold their wheat for
better prices.
HIM Ovm TnlUliiR.
Louisville Courier-Journal ,
Being asked the ether day what policy ho
would pureuo with reference to the Philip
pines , Admiral Dowcy replied : "Ono
straight from the shoulder , and with plenty
of force behind It. " It may be noted that
Dewey has not been quoted In favor of
withdrawing from the Philippines since he
arrived In this country , where he can do
his own talking.
Hoi-ovrry In Culm.
Philadelphia Press ,
Cuba seems to bo rapidly recovering from
tbo effects of the wnr and Spanish rule. The
Western Hallway of Havana , which sus
pended dividends for three years , has resumed -
sumed the distribution of profits for the last
fiscal year at tun rate of in. 6d.
per share , and carried forward a small bal
ance. The stock of the company Is chiefly
owned In England and holders are well
ploaaed with the sign of returning prosperity
in tbo Island.
Significant Innuruiior DceUloii.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The decision of tbo United States court of
appeals regarding the liability of an Insur
ance company where the Insured commits
suicide Is regarded as of great importance ,
Inasmuch an It settled an extremely knotty
point. The court holds that the Insurance
company Is hound to pay the death claim In
thrao sulcido cases unleeti ft can prova that
the holder of the policy Insured his llfo with
the deliberate purpose of killing himself ,
The burden of proof rests with the company
nnd there are but lew cooes on record where
the suicidal premeditation could bo shown.
for Iilfn In Portn Itlro ,
Boston Transcript.
The ( starvation peril baa been fought off
In Porto Rico , but provisions arc still short ,
eays a private letter Just come from a Bos-
Ionian there : "There have been given away
to date ( September 20 } In the Island during
the last month nomctblng over 3,000,000
poundn of food. In spite of all this tbo prlco '
of all food has steadily risen , which ehowd j
pretty clearly what the state of things would
ha\e been without theeo supplies. Fish , for
InKtance , of which wo have given away 120- j
000 pounds at Ponce alone , nan risen hern 25
I > er cent , and rice and beans In proportion.
The situation Is , however , slowly mending.
There Is more work and the giving away of
food docs not prevent mrot of the people |
from working , only the worthless few ,
Nomen are being taken off the rolls and
crops ore coming up corn particularly will
bo ripe by November 1. "
KCltDUS 01. ' 31 It AVAH.
The wnr hero who , returning to paths of
peace. Is siuMed with the plntidlts of the
multitude , mid nvolda stepping on the tender
corns of politicians , displays nn admirable
combination of wisdom and courage In the
face of temptation. Only genuine heroes cnn
Fnfcly face the muelc when the political
band plays , while those with borrowed
hales expose themselves to the rude
Jeers of partisan mobs. Many Om .
ha people will recall how they
cheered the Pennsylvania volunteer * ,
homeward bound , and showered attentions
and ( lowers on the officers. One of thcap
was Colonel Bnrnctt , promoted to that rank
1 > y the death of Colonel Hawkins nt son.
Colonel llarnctt'H commission wns mipplc-
mented with n nomination for treasurer of
Pennsylvania on the republican ticket. Thus
were substantial honors plied upon him.
Fortune smiled graciously and patted him
on the back. Presently the campaign waxed
warm and muttering of Ill-favor reached
thp retired colonel , but ho paid no heed.
Now the muttering have grown Into mock
ing Jeers , while his halo hns lost KB sheen.
Members of the regiment publicly charge the
Into colonel with po&scnslng what Is known
In the camp BB "cold feet , " a complaint that
becomes acute when the enemy Is shoothm
straight. Shorn of the vernacular of the
firing line the charge Is that Darnptt hid
behind n mound while the boys went on Into
the thick of the scrtip. Time and locality
nro given with other details calculated to
show that "cold feet" are a great Inconven
ience In a shooting match. Had Barnctt
avoided politics the public would have con
tinued In blissful Ignorance of hlo Infirmi
ties and cheered him when chance offered.
Now they are blazoned In public prints nnd
on dcadwalls , nnd the halo acquired 7,000
miles nwny Is tarnished and "bagged nt
the knee. "
Captain Charles D. Slgsbec Is to be relieved
of the command of the battleship Texan
about December 1 and assigned to duty In
the Navy Department as chief of the Bureau
of Naval Intelligence , n post nt present
filled by Commander Ulclmrd C. Clover. The
latter will go to London ns naval attache
of the United States embassy there , re
lieving Lieutenant Commander J. C. Colwell ,
whoee term of shore duty has expired. The
Importance of the Naval Intelligence bureau
has Increased from year to year since Its
foundation , until now the direction of that
bureau Is regarded as fully worthy of the
best efforts of a captain In the navy.
A correspondent of Leslie's Weekly
retells the exploit of General Kunston that
made his name a , household word at home.
It was the crossing of the Rio Grande do la
Pnmpanga hy the Kansas boys last April.
When Corporal Ferguson of Company E ,
after climbing across on the girders of the
dismantled bridge to within twenty feet of
the Insurgent trenches that veto blazing
with rebel fire , reported that It was Im-
practlcpblo to take the bridge by assault.
Colonel Funston did not , as often stated ,
call for volunteers to swim. Instead , ho
first called for 120 volunteers and , obtaining
them quickly , he marched the little column
500 yards down the river. He was on the
point of successfully crossing when the
movement was betrayed by the barking of
a dog. It was later in the day when the
tlmo came rlpo for the rope-swimming In
cident. Privates White and Tremblay's
magnificent heroism must now be familiar
to every man , woman and child who reads
In English. When the- rope had been made
fast three men tried to cross the river In
n canoe with White's and Tremblay's cloth
ing and equipments. It takes n native to
handle one of these tipsy canoes and this
one upset In mid-stream. White and Trem-
blay , after their late success , were now com
pelled to plunge In to the rescue of their
belongings , aswell as to the rescue of the
thrco men out of a boat. When Funston
and the first forty-five men had got across
on the- famous raft a rattling dash was made
upon the trenches , shouting In thunderous
tones the regiment yell : Rock , chalk !
Jay , hawk ! K. V. ! Kansas Volunteers ! "
The Insurgents fled aa soon as they heard
it.
PKUSOXAI , AMI OTHERWISE.
The monument over the grave of Miss
Wlnnio Davis In Hollywood cemetery , Richmond
mend , Va. , Is to be unveiled November 9.
Hon. R. B. Munford of Richmond will de
liver a eulogy.
Opinion is divided In Indiana an to the
choice of a famous son for the second statue
In the capital at Washington. The names
thus far canvassed are those of George W.
Julian , Thomas A. Hendricks and Daniel
W. Voorhees.
A 'bust of Oliver P. Morton , Indiana's war
governor , was presented to the Indianapolis
High school by Miss Ethel Blake of Detroit.
Mrs. Morton , who was present at the cxer-
clees , also presented the school with several
volumes from her late husband's library.
It Is expected that in the next session of
congress Senator Clark of Montana will be
among those to urge that territorial gov
ernment bo granted to Hawaii. The western
multimillionaire has made large Investments
In the Islands and Intends to build a summer -
mer home there.
Admiral Dewey , who Is a member of St.
John's Episcopal church in Washington ,
handed around the collection plate last Sun
day. He has hail a seat In the church for
years nnd will probably be elected a vestry
man to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Henry Pellew.
The United Confederate Veterans of New
Orleans are planning to purchase Beauvolr ,
Jefferson Davis' Mississippi home , for an In
dustrial farm for cx-confrderato soldiers
who are still able to do light work. They
have received Intimations that Mrs. Davis
desires to sell the property , that she may
Invest In real estate In New Orleans and
make that city her home.
As a train drew into Boston during that
city's recent Dewey celebration the newsboy -
boy passed the word along that General
Shatter was In the rear car. In a moment
this car was crowded by a cheering mob and
Colonel Wellington of Worcester , Mass. , who
really boars a striking likeness to the gen
eral , had a hard tlmo convincing the crowd
that bo was not the man who took
Santiago.
The board of managers of the Benjamin
Franklin fund of Boston , which now amounts
to $300,424 , has definitely decided 'to UBO It
to build public baths In each of seven
wards of the city and a building on Washing ,
ton street for a branch of the public library ,
reading room , lecture rooms , public hall and
rooms for the use of Grand Army posts. The !
lapse of the apprentice system ha long )
made It impossible to carry out litornlly I
Benjamin Franklin's plans. j
Joseph J. Little , president of the school I
board of Manhattan borough , Now York , )
who created a diversion some time ago by
his unsuccessful attempt to punish for libel
the proprietors of a periodical which referred
to him as a "fine old educational mastodon , "
appears to have had hts revenge at last.
The publishers of the offending periodical
wcro Henry Holt & Co. , and in a list of
school books to bo used , as authorized by
the board , all those of I'cnry Holt & Co.
have been stricken off.
Ono of Senator Proctor's lieutenants In
the plan to nominate Dewey for president
Is credited with saying that of the fifty-one
members of the national committee sixteen
fire set down as being pwltlvely unfriendly
to the present administration and hoping
to see the president defeated for rc-elcctlon ;
r.ovtn are suspected of entertaining ttin
game opinions , but are likely to keep their
views to themselves until the movement
um j a more definite shape , and five are for
the winner , \\hocvcr bo may bt.
SOt'TII1'HICV \ AVAH TALK.
St Loulu alobe-Democrixl A few Boor dU-
patcheH would ar-slst In clearing tip the oper
ations of the last two or three days. Oeneral *
do not care to enlarge on retreats.
I'ltUburg Times : It In Intimated that the
POWPM of Kuropo arc CMKCT to try The lingua
peace resolutions on Orent Britain's African
wnr. H will be Interesting to watch the
man who approaches tbo lion to servo the
notice.
Chicago News : Either the British officers
are bravo beyond the verge of foolhnrJIness
or the riflemen of Joubcrt'H army nro mar-
vclously clever at picking out distinguishing
marks. The percentage of officers to men
engaged In the battles Just won against the
Boers wiui about nine In 100 , while the per
centage of officers killed or "wounded was
no less than eighteen In every 100. Promo
tions will come rapidly In the British servlcf
If tlmt ratio Is kept up In every battle.
Now York World : Well may the Gordon
Highlanders , who were celebrating thp second
end nnnlversnry of the storming of Dnrgal
Heights , sny that their experience In India
was easy work compared with South Africa.
They are warring now upon men of their
own race and blood , who nro fighting for
their homes nnd their Independence. No/
since- the Crimean xwar have the lines of
Great Britain faced such nn enemy as the
Boer army , which they are moving on to
crush by sheer force of numbers In South
Afrlcn. To conquer them they will have to
pay the price In blood.
Boston Transcript : Glen : oc Is a bloody
name In history , nnd the gooil quwn Is
wringing her hands todny In n tclegrnm over
the "dearly bought" British victory of Sat
urday. Glencoe , In South Africa , takes Its
name from Glcncoo In Scotland , where In
ICB2 , by orders of the earls of Dreadnlbanc
and Argyle and the master of Stair , nnd with
the alleged connivance of King William ,
Macdonnld of Olencoe and forty others were
killed ; ranny women and children perished
of cold nnd hunger In the mountains , to
which they had escaped half naked , and the
village was fired , nnd nil the flocks and
herds In the valley were- taken away by the
soldiery.
Detroit Journal : The statement of Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach that he believed It
possible for the Transvaal to bear the whole
or part of the Increased expenses Incurred
by the Boer war is evidence of British
opinion that When the fighting Is done the
South African republic will be part of the
empire and will have to bear part of the
glory of paying the flildler for Its present
dance of death. The Boers will have two
privileges one of fighting for their Inde
pendence and losing , and the other of payIng -
Ing for their subjection. Sir Michael's an
nouncement , however , may not strike the
outlandcr gold miners and owners any more
favorably than it does the Boers.
Baltimore American : It must be borne
In mind that these nro largely outpost
affairs the preliminary engagements of a
great war. The public docs not know how
many Boers were- pitted against the Eng
lish. No command ever went Into n fight
without exaggerating the numbers of an
enemy , unless It turned out to be nn am-
Imsh , and after a victory the tendency Is
always to exaggerate the numbers of the
defeated. It Is at least doubtful If the main
body of the Boer army has fired n gun. The
small engagements which have thus far oc
curred may bo parts of a plan which con
templates very much more Important opera
tions. It would be Interesting to lenrn the
news from the side of the Transvaal and
compare it with that already received.
JVEnilASKA POPirMSTS THICICE11.
ProteM AcnlitNl TrniiKforrliiK tlic Or-
Kniilzutloii to the Dpinourntn.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It Is by no means a surprise to find a vig
orous note of warning In Nebraska from the
national commltteeman of the populist party.
Mr. Denver does not mlnco words. Ho has
watched the stealthy plans to transfer bodily
ily the populist organization In Nebraska to
the democratic party and allows the echeme
to go no further without denouncing It. in
the last three years the Nebraska democrats
have been strengthening themselves at the
expanse of the populists. A few years ago
the democrats of the etate made an extremely
poor showing In third place. Mr. Denver
quotes from a recent letter written by a
democratic commlttoeman In which the end
of fusion shortly Is predicted and the re
mark made that "tho future of democracy
depends largely upon the number we can
draw from populist sources. There will be
but two parties aud the loaders of the demo
cratic party will be tho. recognized leaders
then. " That this Is the gameIs unquew-
tlonable. In 1S92 the vote of the Nebraska
populists was 83,134 and that of the demo
crats 24,943. , The plan Is that the 20,000
shall absorb the 80,000 and IIEO than to sub
ject Nebraska to a party It has always
overwhelmingly condemned.
Mr. Bryan le ,1 pomillst In Nebraska.
Everywhere else ho is a democrat. He came
to Missouri In August and advised the pop
ulists to vote for a democratic congrefsmen.
Ho has Just been helping Goobel in Ken
tucky and the plutocrat McLean in Ohio ,
both lifelong democrats. He Is leading the
populists of Nebraska straight Into the
i democratic camp. He Imnglnen that the bulk
of the party have forgotten that they ever
had any principles and are now devoted to
his personality. Mr. Deaver objects to the
halter. "In the west nnd especially In Ne
braska , " ho says , "tho democratic party Is
hanging llko a leech to thepeople's party.
In the south It ppurns and suppress our
cause. " The statement Is palpably true.
For ono , Mr. Deaver Is not willing that his
party should be "scuttled by democratic pi
rates. " No doubt there are thousands llko
him who can ECO through the democratic
Bchemo In Nebraska , and will put their pro
test against It in the ballot box on Novem
ber 7.
IMYIJVCS ISXPUXHBS OXCI3 MOIIR.
Him MoreThnn
to Mcrt IiirrritfiriV Outlay ,
Philadelphia Times.
Notwithstanding tbo stubborn nnturo of
the Philippine rebellion and the conKcqucnt
necessity of keeping a largo army of occu
pation nt Manila and vicinity , thus keeping
the naval and military expenditures much
above those required when the country Is
on n peace hnslit , the government revenues
under existing laws more thnn sufllco to
pay. tbo bills. During the months of August
and September the revenues exceeded the
expenditures by fb.'Sa.GG : , thus more than
wiping out the delicti of $8&OG,832 In July
i and Indicating that the surplus of receipts
over expenditures , which flr t manifested
Itself in March , has become permanent , and
that If there Is no Important Increase In
war expenditures above the present outlay
n surplus of anywhere from (25,000,000 to
{ 50,000,000 may accrue In the Treasury dur.
Ing the current fiscal year. The gradual
.increase In receipts anil decline in expendi
tures for the past fifteen months are exhib
ited In the following figure * :
Total Deficit Surplus
ordinary for over i-x-
1MS. roei'lnlH. month , pcndlturcs ,
July JI3S7IOS | l0.41fi,3 < rf
August 41.7W.707 14,178,010
Heptembcr 39,778,070 14.4)r.S51 )
October . . 39,630,051 H.852.221 !
November 3S.000.9I5 10.190,005
December 41,401,703 40C.OU
IkW ) .
January . . 41.771.030 S.347.S41
, February ; i7. ! > 73.232 6.939,697
March . . . . 45.231.92o J 2.203,335
i April 41.6II.CS7 4,337,519
May 44.7K.013 4,273,0-fl
Juno 47,126,915 15.7M.1W
I July 4S.fei.S5S 8,600,832
August 49.97S.173 4,155Rfil
September . . 45,334,141 4 , " 3H)1 )
The treasury balance In already nearlng
the (300,000,000 mark , having been J288-
932,730 on Friday last. Unlru the prenent
ratio of revenues to expenditures li aud-
dcnly reversed th surplus will exceed $30fV
000.000 before the beginning o the na
year.
These figures arc of especial interest , be > -
CAUSO they exhibit the Increased rorcnucfl
furnished by the war revenue * Inw , Tha
ordinary expenditure * of the government on
n pcaco basis nro about $ .176,000.000 apart
from the postal expenditures , which nra
neiirly balanced by the Income from postal
eources. At the present rnto of receipts tha
government Income for a year vrlll reach
| S25.000,000 , which should bo JSO.OOO.OOO
nbovo expenditures. Whllo there was q
moderate deficit under the operations of thd
Dlngley law before the war began , It Is fair
to place nt least $120.000,000 ot this Increases
to the credit of the new law.
It is evident , therefore , that the question
of revenue cnn bo left entirely nlono by the
next cor.grcfw. There will bo no deficit nt
the prcnt rate of expenditure , nnd the sur
plus , If not expended upon works ot a pubtta
nature , will not bo enough to cnuso Btrlng- <
ency in the money supply , especially n
Secretary Gngo Is keeping a largo bnlanco
In the- national banks which ho can Increases
to any amount which may bo Oeslrnble , The
finances of the government are In a shape
to permit a vigorous prosecution of the
Philippine wnr , nnd this will probably bo
considered by congress lull Justification for
leaving the revenue Inwa as they nro until
the wnr Is ended. The $120.000.000 added
by the wnr tax Inw , or as much of It aa
may bo noerosnry , cnn be lopped off.
I.IHHT A.M ) 1IIUC1IT.
ChlcnKo Tribune : " 1 think Mrs. Kmbntt
la..V.y , I.nost tnlkntlvp woman I ever met. "
v. rull > , , wlml.clsc cmll < l you nxnoet ?
Nature didn't Rlvo iCr that double chin foe
Mothlnc.
Detroit Free Press : "Do you conslden
Jones mi honest man ? "
"Honest ? Ho give * himself short clmngri
nt his own store nnil cheats llko the dcuca
nt solltnlre. "
Chicago Ilecord : The Groom-I hopes
"nM1"1 'A1"1 y ° M llon > t "I'Ject to my smoking.
1 ho Bride-r-c Ttalnly not-if y-you don't
object t-to my being sick.
Town Topics : Hanker Before- ncce.pt
you ns a suitor for my daughter , I ghonlA
llko to know how you stnnd politically.
Nrw , I nm for gold.
Suitor That's wlmt I'm after , sir !
Chicago Post ; "You really ought to get
Julia a piano , " suld her mother.
\ > i lint's the uo ? " returned Julia's father.
A banjo would bother the people In tJm
front tint Just ns much and would not bo
half so costly. "
\Vashlncton Star : "Let the other mnn
Wfilk the Moor. " said Mr. FuciiHli. Irritably.
"Ho won't do It , " answered the hill col
lector , . " . '
plaintively. "Ih.'s K0l mo hired to
do all the walking for the firm. "
Catholic Standard : "I want to see Mrs.
Smj'thp , " said the visitor.
"You cnn't. " said the servant. "She 1ms
the toothache.
"You must be mistaken. " the man ro-
Pllcd. "I am her dentist , nnd 1 have her
teeth here In this iwcknuc. "
Indianapolis Journal : She Why do they
call thorn sample rooms ?
Ho They nro crent places for getting-
trial packages. Tho. man tlrst gets the
packaso. and the trial follows.
Chicago Tribune : "Protty good catch for
an old man ! " snld the doctor , dexterously
grabbing a hunch of keys the professor hail
thrown at him.
"It doesn't follow , though. " muttered the
professor , "that you would be a good catch
for a young woman. "
Washington Star : "I'm glnd the races
are over. " said Miss Cayenne.
"Wore you deeply Interested ? "
"Not In the races. But whenever younpf
Mr. Commix mentioned 'luff I couldn't tell
whether he was talking yacht or German
dlnlect. "
Somorvlllo Journal : Mrs. Jackson That's
Mrs. Wltherspoon over there by the piano.
She Is one of our distinguished society
Undors.
Mrs. Johnson What Is It that distin
guishes her particularly ?
Mrs. Jackson She hag never had her
picture In the paper.
Till : HKD ICAIIS.
Edwin L. Snbln In Leslie's Weekly.
The moon was like a pumpkin round
Rlpo , golilen hatiKln' thore.
'Twould took the firm prize , I'll be bound.
At any county fair.
Whntnver you may call It , I'm
Dead sure the sun and dew
It Honks , until about this tlmo
It's mellowed through and through.
Well , anyway , 'twns harvest moon
And that's enough for me.
It made the place ns bright as noon
For Joncs'p huskln'-bec.
And yellow gosh ! The yellowest light
I ever saw lieforo
Came stroamln' through the summer nlchf
And in the old barn door.
It "yellowed" all the corn T got.
I husked and husked , by Rum !
And burrowed In like sixty not
A single red , I swum !
And when young SI Smith found nn car
And kissed Samnnthy Ladd.
It made me feel uncommon queer.
It almost made me mad.
She'r well worth klssln' , I tell you !
I envied SI that smack.
She didn't like It , tho' , I knew
She didn't kiss him back !
She looked at mo and tossed her head
And said : "You're way behind.
You haven't found an rar that's red
You must l > o color-blind. "
And SI Smith laughed a spiteful laugh
( lie's naturally mean ) ,
But In a second mid a half
I'd kissed her .slick and clean ,
She didn't care , but bltmhod like myl
While I said : "Say , It 'pears
You fellers aren't so nll-llred spry ; '
B'sosh , here's two red ears ! "
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