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( Seal. ) _ Notary Public.
County dork Ilavorly bus faced too
ninny bullets to be frightened by a dis
charge of blank cartridges from the
Jackass battery.
The Iowa Board of Control's recom
mendation for the establishment of a
twine factory at the Anamosa peni
tentiary has a string tied to It.
After nil , the fusion judges on the
supreme bench will be allowed only to
put their O. K. oji the nomination of
the machine managers for clerk of the
court.
Senator Caltcry of Louisiana , demo
crat , soys that Brynntam is a disease
with which he has not been inoculated.
It appears to be epidemic only lu Ne
braska.
Thanksgiving day this year has been
set rfislde for general rejoicing that the
earth has not yet been splintered into
a shower of meteors to join" in the mad
race'of the falling stars.
The same people who made reputa
tions seeing airships two years ago are
now busy locating fallen meteors , which
always bury themselves lu the ground
with a loud hissing noise , but can never
be discovered after they have cooled off.
It Is just possible the republicans may
pull out one of the university 'regains
from the recent election in Nebraska.
In that case the computations and spec
ulations of our popocratlc ft lends will
have to bo called In again for revision.
The only honest judge Omaha has
ever had Is already making u house-to-
house canvass for the mayoralty nomi
nation. Whether he proposes to run
Independently or on the silvcr-repub-
llcan-fuslon ticket has not been made
clear.-
Etlmlsten says he is not a candidate
for clerk of the supreme court. Can It
be possible that this Is an admission
that the grapes are growing too high
tip on the vine or Is he working his
usual bluff to throw opponents off their
guard ?
South Omaha'H Board of Education Is
left with'only ' Kino republican member
by the resignation of the other repub
lican on the board. That Is not quite so
striking , however , aH tljo Omaha BoanI
of Education , which has not had a
democratic member In years.
A special dispatch from Washington
concerning the position of census inspector
specter for Nebraska discloses the fact
that both -Senator U'hurston and Con
gressman Mercer look .upon the matter
as they would contemplate * a hot poker
which one or the other must pick up
somehow soon , ,
Mental philosopher tell us that great
minds often run In the same channels.
This probably accounts for the fact that
the freight managers of thu various
roads all made up their Individual minds
at the same time to advance rates , Any
agreement to that effect would be un
lawful and no one would for a moment
believe that railroad men could bo
guilty of Ignoring the law.
South Omaha starts In the winter hog-
packing season with a good showing.
While Chicago shows a decrease of 55-
000 , Kansas C'lty i 0,000 , , St. Louis 5,000
nnd St. Joseph 0,000 , Omaha comes up
mulling with an Increase of 5,000. ,
If the coed record of tin,1 summer and
the first , week of the winter eon be kept
up South Omaha will lliil.sli the year In
second place jis a hog-packing center.
1C the democratic county cHlchils-elect
over cherished the Idea thai they were
to have the naming 'of their own sub
ordinates the machine Is proceeding to
demonstrate that they were laboring
tinder a misapprehension. 'J'ho men who
manipulate the machine are apportion
ing the places , but there are rumors that
some of the otllrlals have tiled a de
murrer. When this comes up for argu
ment lively times may. bo anticipated.
CUUA-SEL.
There arc republicans who mlvlcc
against any financial legislation by the
next congress , some on the ground that
no legislation Is needed nnd others for
the reason that such legislation might
prove n disadvantage to the party In
next year's campaign. These are Tin-
wise counselors , whom It Is to be hoped
the majority of republicans lu congress
will give no heed to.
The general demand calls for legisla
tion unequivocally establishing the gold
standard. The claim that the gold
standard Is already fixed by law Is ques
tionable. A doubt exists in the public
mind In regard to It nud It Is most
Important nnd essential to the main
tenance of financial confidence that this
doubt be removed. The fact that we
have the gold .standard gives no assur
ance that It would be maintained If the
party opposed to It should get Into
power. Under existing laws It Is un
questionable that an administration hos
tile to gold could place the country on n
silver basis , by Insisting upon paying
the obligations of the government In
silver at the option of the government.
No additional legislation would be re
quired to enable such an administration
to do this. It could pay tile obligations
of the government In silver without any
authority to do BO beyond what existing
law gives nnd there can be no doubt
that this would be done If the Brynrilte
party should bo successful lu next year's
election.
The republican party Is fully and un
alterably committed to the maintenance
of the gold standard ami while It has
the power to llx that standard In law It
Is the Imperative duty of the party to do
so. The net result of the late elections
was favorable to the gold standard. The
republican platforms declared unequiv
ocally for gold and the popular verdict
approved the declaration. A republican
congress can desire no better assurance
than these elections gave as to the sen
timent of the country. A very large ma
jority of the people are unmistakably
in favor of maintaining the gold
standard nnd the failure of congress * o
legislate for this purpose would Inev
itably operate against the party In
power , lit would bo Justly regarded as
a cowardly evasion of n duty as im
portant nnd urgent ns any that the
Fiftysixthcongress will be called upon
10 pcrionn.
The plan of financial legislation pro
posed by the house republican caucus
committee is simple. It provides for a
declaration that all the obligations of
the government arc payable In gold ,
that legal tender notes redeemed in gold
shall be reissued only in exchange for
gold nnd for certain modilicatlons in the
national banking law designed to en
courage a larger issue of bank currency.
There Is no jiood reason why this pro
posed legislation , or that portion in
tended to safeguard the gold standard
and protect the gold reserve , should
not be promptly enacted. It has re
ceived very thorough public considera
tion nnd is endorsed by the financial
and business IntcrestH of the country.
It involves no radical change In our
monetary system. , Having the gold
standard , It simply proposes that the
standard shall bo maintained. It con
templates doing away with nil danger
from the "ondlnRS nhnln. " With tlmsn
things accomplished ( financial confidence
would be firmly nnd securely estab
lished nnd the country could regard a
continuance of the free silver agitation
without apprehension.
It Is to be expected that this plan will
encounter some republican opposition
in congress. There nre men in botii
houses who will counsel against It as
being unnecessary or lno\pcdlent % V\'c
think , however , that Its adoption maybe
bo confidently predicted and we do not
entertain a doubt that such legislation
will strengthen the republican party
everywhere.
THE FIKAKCUL SITUATION.
There Is nothing unexpected nnd
certainly nothing alarming In the
financial situation. It was seen month' )
ago that with the beginning of the crop
movement there would ensue more or
less of a stringency In the money mar
ket nnd If this Is rather more severe
than was anticipated the explanation
is to bo found In a larger Increase In
the general business of the country than
had been counted upon. Two or three
months ngo there was a hardening of
the eastern money market which for a
time caused some anxiety , but this was
soon relieved by a hirge movement of
money from the west. Since then a
larger demand for money has developed
In all parts of the country. The south
has drawn heavily upon the east , while
western deposits In the east have been
largely reduced. There has been a
steady expansion of business every
where calling for more money , In ad
dition to the requirements for the crop
movement.
The conditions Unit have produced the
stringency In the eastern money market
arc perfectly plain and as we have said
they are not of a nature to cause any
uneasiness or alarm. It Is perhaps true
that too large an amount of money has
gone Into speculation , but there dors
not appear to be any reason for appre
hending serious consequences from this.
There has recently been an extensive
liquidation In stocks nnd the Indications
are that the eastern bankers have gen
erally been keeping on the Hiifo side as to
all forms of speculation. Thcro is one
feature of the situation that Is some
what puzzling and this In the large do-
cllne In the deposits of the eastern
ImnkH , amounting to about ? 1W,000,000 ,
In the last six months. It Is minulfccd
that the trust companies are responsi
ble for this. These Institution * , while tea
a greater or less degree In alliance with
the banks , have mudi greater opportuni
ties for money making than are ottered
to the national banks , being free from
the legal restrictions Imposed upon the
latter , and therefore they are able to
offer inducements for deposits which the
banks cannot give. As to the- west
there Is , nu yet , no serious complaint of
a lack of money , but It Is possible this
will come later if the stringency In the
east should bo protracted ,
There IB promise of relief lu the offer
of the secretary of the treasury to buy
government bonds to the amount of
$23OUO , < X)0 ) and It Is to be presumed
Mint the b.tnks will nvnll themselves of
this opportunity to restore their re
serves , In cases where these have fnllcn
below the legal limit. This means of
relieving a stringency In the money
market has frequently been adopted
and there Is no question that It Is en
tirely legitimate. In the present con
dition of the treasury such a purchase
of bonds can be made without Injuri
ously affecting the cash Imlnncc and the
government can lose nothing In the
transaction , since it will save the In
terest on the bonds purchased from now
until the time they become due. The
treasury , with an Income about equal
to expenditures , could afford to buy n
much larger amount thnn It has offctcd
to take , but this will perhaps be sulll-
clcnt to afford the desired relief.
The future of the money market can
not bo clearly foreseen , but we nro un
able to discern In the existing conditions
any reason for anxiety or apprehension ,
so far as the legitimate business Inter
ests of the country arc concerned.
A COXDITJUX XUT A TUEOltr.
In reviewing the outcome of the cam
paign In Nebraska the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Evening
Post advances this theory : "During his
second term llolcomb was on most
friendly terms with the railroads , and
the railroad managers determined that
as long as he was so popular It would
be better for them to 'stand lu with'
him than to attack him. The repub
lican nominee for judge of the supreme
court this year was M. B. Ilcese , one of
the very best men In the state , lie was
defeated by railroad Influence lu his
light for renomluatlou to the supreme
court eight years ago , and It Is believed
that the railroad people thought they
would prefer to take their chance with
llolcomb , who had shown his friendship
for them , than with Itccsc , Who had de
cided cases against them. The very
heavy vote which llolcomb received In
railroad centers such as Omaha , Lincoln
and Kearney , seems to make this theory
plausible. "
This is not merely a plausible theory ,
but an actual condition thai republicans
will have to reckon with from now on.
Hallroad corporations are not In politics
fmillnli * llnitlHi Thnv ivnltrli nil tlin
chances and when it comes to action
they take the least risk. When the re
publicans occupied the stnte house they
camped with the republican stnte officers
nnd by so doing discredited the party
with the people until they broke nwny
from It In revolt When the republicans
were ousted by the popocrats on the
war cry of null-monopoly It did not take
thorn long to turn about and make their
peace with the sham railroad regulators.
This alliance between the railroads and
the populists Is no more unnatural than
the course of the prohibitionists who
massed their vote on llolcomb while the
liquor dealers were lighting Reese nnd
also pooled their votes on Holcomb.
Whether llolcomb will turn over n
new leaf and disappoint the railroads
as Heesc did remains to be seen. One
thing Is certain : The railroads arc safe
for another year from the menace of
higher assessment nnd offensive regula
tion by the do-nothing railroad commls-
Mon. They feel sure that Jim Dahlman
nnd Joe Edgerton will keep faith with
them If Holcomb does not.
Meantime the people of Nebraska are
like nine-day kittens. So long ns their
eyes arc not open they will blindly fol
low the lead of bogus reformers and de
signing mountebanks who preach one
tiling nud practice the other.
The popocratlc organ pretends to see
something alarming In the resolution
adopted by the council authorizing the
city clerk to furnish certified copies of
the rolls of voteis registered ns alllll-
atlng with the various political parties
to their respective committees. This
work must be done If the new primary
law Is to bo accepted as governing the
primary elections In this city and
county. The expense Is slight and will
be much less If the work Is done by the
city clerk than If done separately for
the different political committees. It
is also a proper charge upon the entire
city , because the law is designed for
the safeguarding of the public rather
than for the benefit of any political
party. The resolution treats nil nllko
and Is therefore open to no objection on
the ground of discrimination.
Secretary Gage has -offered to buy
some of the bonds of the government to
ease up the money market and Inci
dentally slop a part of the interest
charge against the government. Before
the advent of the last democratic ad
ministration n good start had been made
toward paying off the bonded debt of
the country , but this Is the llrst time
that It has been pobslble , even under
republican rule , to resume It. Krom
now on a steady decrease In ( ho debt
can be looked for.
The project to install n museum of
Indian relics Is praiseworthy. What
Omaha learned about present-day In
dian tribes whose representatives par
ticipated In the Indian congrc.u here
enables our public-spirited citizens to
grasp the Importance of collecting and
preserving genuine objects peculiar to
these tribes. With each succeeding year
the value of such relics will bo en
hanced. Fifty yearn hence such an ex
hibit would bo priceless.
The Nebraska Retail Liquor Dealers'
association has been holding Its annual
meeting at Norfolk , devoted exclusively
to business affecting Its members at
least that Is the purport of Its open
sessions. The political business Is
worked behind the screen. The re
election of Its old officers must bu
taken as an endorsement by the as
sociation of their dirty work In the last
campaign.
Deputy County Attorney Uiinn wants
It proclaimed from the housetops that
he has been chairman of the demo-rntk'
county committee for the last two years
and still Is chairman of that organl/a-
tlon. Not many months ago Mr. Dunn's
overlord , County Attorney Shields , jeatl-
tied under oalh that he did not know
that n person by thu name of Dunn was
chairman of the democratic county com
mittee lasf year. Tula testimony dis
credits the voracity of Mr. Slue-Ids or the
memory of Mr. Dunn. All things con
sidered , we are forced to the conclusion
that Mr. Dunn In this Instance tells the
truth , even though not on the witness
stand.
The popocratlc organ has fulminated
n solemn protest ngnlnst County Clerk
Havcrly for printing the name of C. U.
Scott altogether too close to the names
of the popocratlc judicial candidates on
the official ballot. It Is very strange
that the great and only honest judge
with whom the popocrats have been
sleeping for the last four ye.ir.s should
have become so offensive by close eon-
tact on n sheet of. white paper.
Nebraska people nnd the people gen
erally hope that the disquieting reports
from the sick bed of Hcimtor liny ward
may not be followed by more serious
news. With congress just about to
open Senator Ilnyward's usefulness ns
the representative of the state at Wash
ington was only beginning and It Is sin
cerely to be wished that ho will soon
recover to take up tbo performance of
bis official duties.
I'rnvnklitfir Merriment.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nobody laughs at Nebraska any harder
than Kansas.
Mnrylniul'N IleliuUe.
Globe-Democrat.
Another such rcbuko as tbo Chicago plat
form received In Maryland last week would
make Nebraska the banner republican state
next year.
Auk mi Uiinler One.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Now It is < i grand shipbuilding combine.
If this thing keeps on , what chance will
there bo for Individual enterprise In the
next generation ?
Take Kver.ydiliiw In
Indianapolis Journal.
The objection to the United States accept
ing any specified "sphere of Influence" In
China Is that when It comes to trade wo
want all the spheres.
Approving iGooil Tiling.
Globe-Democrat.
In Iowa the republican platform favored
giving the .gold standard "tho validity and
vitality of public law. " An increased
republican majority was the response of
tbo people.
Treason , Il'OuHli.
Washington Post.
The fact that Hon. Arthur Scwall doesn't
agree with his late running mate as to the
significance of the late elections will doubt
less have the effect of placing the Maine
man on the retired list.
An Viewed from llic Count.
San Francisco Call.
The dubious "fusion" victory In Nebraska
has made. It Is said , the nomination of
William Jennings Bryan for president abso
lutely certain. Thla Is one phase of the re
cent republican victory which gives to re
publicans more reason than any other , per.
haps , for genuine congratulation.
AVnr ecllnic All Too ( icnernl.
, J Jew , York World.
The scent , pfbattle In South -Africa fills
the air of civilization.A 'world that was
talking of and haplng , for universal pence
only thrco month's ago Is sharpening tbo
sword and unllmb9r4ng the gun In prepara
tion for universalwar. The South African
war has lowered the moral .tone of Europe ,
The Imitative continental nations feel that
England's rulers were laughing at them at
the peace congress last summer and , were
merely trying to | Io. their hands that Eng
land might bo the , freer to pursue a policy
of aggression and , forcible annexation.
Mnnlln Hay Hnttlr Keen.
Philadelphia Record.
For destroying the Spanish fleet In Manila
bay a bounty award of $382,800 has been
asked of the court of claims on behalf of the
officers and men of the victorious federal
srjuadron. This extravagant estimate more
than twice as much as had been generally
anticipated has been arrived at by the
claimants' attorneys through the device of
counting the Spanish forts at the entrance
of the bay and at Cavlto and Manila , and
also the mines and torpedoes under the
waters of tbo bay , as portions of the effect
ive lorco with which comparison of the
strength of the federal ships must bo made
under the law. If such a contention should
bo admitted by the court the forthcoming
claims for bounties of the officers and men
of Hear Admiral Samrecn's fleet would bo
swollen to almost monumental proportions.
XOT A FEASIIH.B SCllKMK.
oil ( lie COM ( of ( lie I'roiiosi-d
InereiiHe In I't'iixloiiN.
Indlanapoll ? Journal ( rep. ) .
It seems that a few facts are all that are
needed to satisfy fair-minded veterans that
tbo proposition to pay all Invalid pensioners
on the rolls $30 a month and all other pen
sioners $12 a month Is an utter Impossibility ,
because tbo United States cannot raise the
money. Hero are a few figures based upon
the pension rolls at the close of the fiscal
year which ended June 30 , 1898 : On the
rolla were the namcu of 757,850 Invalid pen
sioners , At the rate of $30 a month each of
these Invalid pensioners , under the proposed
enhnmn u'niilrt rpnnlvn XSfiO n vnnr. whlrh.
for 757,856 , would tnko $272,467,100. At the
same data there were 235,858 widows and
other pensioners than Invalids , who are to
have $12 per month , or $144 a year , each , re
quiring $33,903,552. Adding the two amounts
we have $300,430,112 ns the amount the gov
ernment must get together each year to
pay pensions a sum only $70,000,000 less
than the average of all the expenditure * of
the government for five years prior to the
Spanish war. Nor Is that all , Thcro are
250,000 veterans who do not receive pen-
Blojjuyio | c.quld claim the $30 $ a month ns
a service pension , U would require $90,000-
OQO a year more to pay those. During tbo
fiscal year of 1898 $144,651,879 was paid as
pensions. Under the proposed scheme , ns
stated above , $306,130,712 will bo required
$161,773,833 $ more than WUH paid during 1898.
Have the advocates of this scheme any
plan by which the government can rolso
this additional $160,000,000 $ , a year ? One of
them has suggested the abolition of the
pension agcnclca , which cost $536,629 ; of
special examiners , whoso per diem and ex
penses were $129,031 , and of examining sur-
geonn , whcso root waa $894,249 during 1898.
Hero is a total cf $1,859,909 to pay an In
crease of $161,778,8331 Another would abolish
ish the United States soldiers' homes and
give the Inmates $30 a month. AH no per
son drawing more than $12 a month Is kept
In a home , and It costs about $140 each a
year to maintain ( ho veterans In these In-
etltutlonu , bow much will the government
cave It each of them Is paid $144 as pension
and It costs $140 to maintain him total $280
by turning him out und paying him $360
a year ?
*
A reasonable proposition to dlscues la that
the survivors of thu war for tbo union bo
treated na well as are the Mexican pension
ers under tbo present law , If anything
should be added aa a service pension It
should bo based on the term of service.
H or 01 it WAU.
No hero of the war cnn be regarded us
n truly-for-suro one unless he bus woven
about his exploits a few yards of tender
romancp. He who Is truly bravo must
be Inspired by the fair , or words to that
effect. Admiral Dewey set the pace In ! i
war nntl love. Few suspected him of hnrI I i '
boring matrimonial designs. Sly old se.i
dogl Hut It takes men of his nge to keep ,
a secret and to execute their plans neatly ,
nnd expeditious- ! . The laurels of victory ;
well befit middle age , but romance kscfl
much of Its luster when mingled with gray j
hairs. Youth and bcnuty give to both a' '
surpassing charm. |
An Ideal story of war nnd romance cccnea
from Washington , In which ( ho happiness '
of a soldier and the daughter of a soldier
Is pictured In glowing terms. U Is an army
romance , with one of the army's loveliest
yotnu women as hciolne and one of Its
brave men ns hero. The culmination , of
the romance Is the announced engagement
of Miss Gel la Sherman Miles , only daugh
ter of Qcncrnl Nelson A. Miles , and Captain - I
tain Samuel Uebcr , U. S. A. Miss Miles ,
Is one of the belles of Washington , a fine |
pianist and linguist , an accomplished
horsewoman , wheclwcaian , golflst and
snlmmcr , and 23 years of age. Captain
Itebor Is a son of Judge Hcber of St. Louis
ami a second cousin of hla fiancee on his
mother's side. They were boys nnd girls
together , and had many a delightful romp
before the cares of life calmed their spirits.
Heber graduated from AVcst Point In 1SSG
nnd was assigned to the Fourth cavalry.
At the beginning of the Spanish war he was
appointed major of the Signal corps nnd
later was promoted to a cnntnlnnv in h
regular army for distinguished services In
the Cuban nnd Porto Hlcan campaigns.
The date of the marriage has not been set
tled.
A young surgeon of one of the Massa
chusetts volunteer regiments did his duty
during the terrible days that followed the
surrender of Santiago nnd gave up his life
saving the lives of others. When at last the
transports came to carry the soldiers to
Montauk , relates the Boston Journal , the
surceon was too weak to bo taken away.
A few hours after his comrades left him
ho breathed his last.
His effects were sent to the sorrowing
father and mother and sister In Massachu
setts and later the body was brought homo
to rest In eternal peace In the beautiful
comntery which the surrounding Dorkshlio
hills seem so faithfully to guard and pro
tect.
tect.When
When his personal property was looked
over one thing was found to be missing.
That was the watch which the young man's
father had given him on his twenty-first
birthday. Government aid was secured and
a thorough search was made for the missing
article , but It was not found.
A week ago the nurse that cared for the
young surgeon during his last Illness dlod.
When the trunk of the dead nurse was ex
amined a pawn ticket was discovered. By
mrans of this the surgeon's watch was re
covered and returned to his family In Massa
chusetts.
Shortly after the rcburlal of the young
man's body a stranger called on the father.
The stranger was surprised to see hanging
on the wall of the office Into which ho was
shown a portrait , the features of which
seemed to him familiar.
"Pardon me , " ho asked , "but will you tell
mo whoso picture that Is ? "
"That Is my son who died at Santiago , "
was the answer.
"I played foot ball with him once when
he was at school , " the stranger declared.
"I remember ho stumbled over me and fell
In such a way as to break two of his front
teeth. "
"We have reason lo thank you for that
accident , " said the father , "for It'was by
those two front teeth , which had been
built down with gold , that his body was
positively identified. "
I'KHSO.VAI , AND OTHERWISE.
General Sir Iledvers Duller carried south
with him to Africa the British flag hoisted
at Pretoria in 1881.
Halt pint bottles of champagne were used
the other day in extinguishing an incipient
lire in the basement of a wine house In
Now York.
The Illness of Mr. Fife , the builder of
the Shamrock , IB now admitted to bo
critical , and there seems to bo no doubt but
that Us chief cause Is disappointment at
the failure of his boat to win the America's
cup.
Reports from London Indicate that a clash
somewhat parallel to that between Major
General Miles and Secretary Alger Is Imml-
rjcnt between Field Marshal Lord Wolseley
and the marquis of Lansdowne , secretary of
state for war.
Tom Gould , who , since ho was deposed as
king of the dive keepers In New York has
been making a bare living as a night watch
man , has Joined the Salvation Army , and
will go to Chicago , not us a terrible ex
ample , but as a uniformed exhorter.
Prof. Gaston Maspcro , a member of the
Academy of Inscription and Belles Lcttres ,
and one of the most famous of living
Egyptologists , has been named director of
antiquities nnd oxuivationB In Egypt and
will soon leave for Cairo to take up his
now duties.
Colonel Baden-Powell earned from the
Matabelo the nickname of "Impeesl , " meanIng -
Ing "hs that creeps about by night , " from
bis uncomfortable habit of scouting alone
among their strongholds during tbo hours of
darkness nnd gaining thereby much valu
able Information. Just before Colonel
Baden-1'owell left England bo was seen by
an old army man , who wished him god
speed. "It will bo all right , " said the
colonel ; "all I hope Is that they will glvo
mo n warm corner. "
1'Ij.VIN , COM ) THUTII.
Uciuournin IleiitfiiVornu In 181)1) )
Tlir.ii In ISIin.
New York World.
The democratic newspapers and politicians
of the west and south glvo a va'rlcty of
reasons for the failure of the party to
achieve a hopeful degree of success In thu
recent elections.
Some of them , llko Mr. Bryan , make a
dcsperatu attempt to assume encouragement
which , being sane , they cannot feel as
though the presidential election may bowen
won by "reducing republican majorities" to
50,000 or 60,000 In Important states !
Other * repeat the old unconeollng tale of
the free use of republican money and ad
ministration Influence. Won't they use ten
times o much money and influence In 1900
If necessary ?
Why deceive ourselves ? We shall not fool
anybody else !
The plain , cold truth Is that , taking the
country through , the democrats were beaten
worse this year than In 1896. With the
Chicago platform , free silver and Mr. Bryan
again forced to tbo front the party car
ried only one of the thirteen states wherein
success In the two preceding years fore
shadowed the election of a democratic presi
dent In 1892 ,
Of the nine former republican states car
ried by Mr. Bryan In 1896 four have ben
recovered and are safely held by the re
publicans ,
Of the eight former democratic states car
ried by Mr. McKlnley only one ( Maryland )
has been rec'.vercd by the democrats , and
this was done by dropping the Chicago
platform and nominating sound money candi
dates ,
From these undeniable , hard , cold facts Is
It not likely that large numbers of discern
ing democrats stayed at homo or voted to
kill free silver thU year rather than have
the fatal fallacy Kill the party next rear ,
II.VTTI.K OK TIIK CKIXSOHS.
Mnrkoil AolUlty In Hip Jlnnnfni'tnrc
of CnniUMl Vlolorloi.
Wnshlneton I'os > t.
Wo venture to say that quite the most ex
citing conflict before the American people
today Is that which now rages between the
British confectioners of war news at Capo-
tov\n nnd our own purveyors of canned vic
tories at ( Manila.
Our fellows have had nearly a year's extra
practice , and , wo must s y , they arc doing
beautifully smooth and steady work. Hut
they lack versatility and Imagination. While
they plod along In a monotonous routine , the
I'rltlflb , with the ardor of impassioned
amateurs , are throwing fancy novelty and In- j
ventlvc genius Into their achievements. From '
Manila we have- only the same old story of |
the furious attack , the wild , unbridled flight
of the enemy and the list of casualties , Oc
casionally the name of the captured town
seems new , but the Incidents are fiunlllsr.
Wo have met them so frequently as to feel
Intlmalo with them. Wo nre good frlondii ,
of course , and all that sort of thing ; l > ut
we nro beginning to thirst for a change. On
the other hnnd , our British rivals In Ssuth
Africa nro displaying an originality which Is
full of charm. They do not confine them
selves to dreary conventionalities. They tell
us of desperate sorties In which hundreds
of Boors are butchered , and It Is a very cold
day. Indeed , when they cannot destroy Boer
artillery or capture some of their Important
guns. In this respect they remind us of
Sampson In his happiest moments. We all
remember how the Morro batteries wcrn si
lenced every day or two during June , 1898 ,
and what terrible destruction was wrought
at Santiago by the precision .and the power
of our bombardments. Wo begin to think
IUO inoplllju lluui > wiu uiui ' ti. * . , w.jw
odes to Sampton's prowess has found his
equal In the burning bard who celebrates In
eong the "dcrrlng do" of British champions
In Natal. They are darlings , both of them ,
nndo bathe our souls In the rapture they
distill.
Naturally , we should like to see our own
mluetrcls at Manila take on a new access
of spirit and Invention. General Joe Wheeler
Fighting Jo , as wo love to hear him called
does not appear to lot down all his gladness
at the call of the Manila censor. On the
contrary , writing to a frlond In Florence ,
Ala. , ho rather Indicates that tired feeling
which eo atnlcts humanity at certain times :
"On the 9th of September I had a llttlo
fight with the enemy at this point , but It
did not amount to much , although as Im
portant as some other engagements which
have been dignified In the papers as fights. I
am sorry to say that much which appears In
the papers of the United States Is gross ex
aggeration. "
It seems to us therefore that If we expect
to hold our own with Knglnnd In this matter
there must bo a speedy and a radical Im
provement In the literary style nnd Intellect
ual elasticity of our bright young men In the
Philippines. The English censors have so
arranged things that their stories of great
victories and captures and so on at the ex
pense of the Boers do not encounter con
tradiction and confusion until the great
British public has been furnished with a now
and still more engaging appeal to Its
credulity. Wo shall have to Improve In this
respect. Our fnlry tales have lost their
charm. They arc well meant , wo know In
spired by the very best of motives ; but tbo
country demands a change of diet , a variety
of Jokes. Wo rather think that the Cape
town censor will get the decision over our
chap at Manila on points !
AX EIIA OF I1IG THINGS.
"IlInneiiB" In the Kojnolc of Every
Important Undertaking.
Philadelphia Record.
The multitudinous changes of far-reaching
Importance which are now occurring in the
Industrial and commercial worlds demon
strate that we are entering on an era of "big
things. " Whether wo look at the merchant ,
the manufacturer , or the discoverer of new
processes and new Inventions , wo perceive
that success comes to the man of largo Ideas.
Sumo 01 lUU tuu&l lemainu-uiu uuuiola
ments of recent times have been duo en
tirely to enlarged methods of transacting
business.
In the last week of October , for example ,
there were recorded the largest orders for
steel rails , locomotives and cars ever known
In a similar period. Ono million and a. half
tons of steel rails , 30,000 cars and 500 loco
motives were actually ordered within six
days ! ID the saaio week there was published
a description of the most powerful locomo-
ttvo ever constructed , built -by the Brooks
Locomotive works for the Illinois Central
Railroad company , The total weight of this
engine , without the tender , Is 232,200
pounds , and thu weight of the engine and
tender , loaded , Is 364,000 pounds. The loco
motive Is designed to haul trains carrying
2,000 tons.
A few weeks ago the largest steamship In
the world arrived In Now York after a suc
cessful mnldon voyage , and It Is now stated
that the Great Northern railway has already
contracted In England for two steel steam
ships which will be sixteen feet longer than
the new Oceanic of the Whlto Star lino. It
Is furthermore reported that these two are
but the forerunners of a largo fleet of equally
gigantic steel steamships for the trans
pacific trade between Seattle and Japan.
When the Baldwin Locomotlvo works In
stalled two gliat electric traveling cranes
having a lifting capacity of 100 tons each
in their erecting shops a few years ago
these labor-saving appliances were the cause
of much wondering comment among engi
neers and others ; but more recently the
Carnegie Steel company caused to bo built
( for Its Homestead plant ) an electric travel
ing crane having a lifting capacity of 15 (
tans , and Is Is said that no more difficulty Is
experienced In the operation of this mon-
etrous mechanism than in the case of the
smaller cranes , The Hallway World ( Novem
ber 4) ) mentions casually In Its notes of the
week the following :
"Tliat was a rcmaruaiuo demonstration or
what a mogul can do which occurred on the
Now York Central the other day , when cn-
glno No. 948 , ono of the now moguls , hauled
out train No , 11 , the Southwestern limited ,
made up of two mall cars , five passenger
coaches and nine Wagner cars , sixteen In
all. The total weight of the train was 1,832-
000 pounds , or 916 tons , and the length of the
train , Including the engine , was 1,212 feet , or
nearly a quarter of a mile. This engine , It
Is said , made the running time of the train
between Now York and Albany , 143 miles , In
three hours and fifteen mlnutea. "
Whether wo consider the actual accom
plishments of the present day or those
under contemplation for th near future , wo
cannot fall to bo Impressed by the fact that
"bigness" is the keynote of every Impor
tant undertaking. Indeed , many of the
great trade combinations which 'havo been
formed within the last year or so are
merely necessary preliminaries toward the
reorganization of manufacturing industries
In accordance with tbo enlarged methods of
conducting business which are demanded In
these tlmoH of Industrial expansion , There
Is a wldo difference between the utilization
of modern methods for economizing the
mighty forces brought Into play , whether
of nature or of human effort , for the pur-
peso of enlarging production and the forma
tion of Illegal combinations of powerful in
terests for the purpose of enhancing prices ,
The ono Is the natural evolution of the
science of Industrial economics ; the other Is
simply a species of wholesale robbery for
the punishment of which both federal and
etatc laws have been enacted ,
The Bpeclal genius for organization In
coming to DO regarded as an American trait ,
to which much of the success of modern In
dustry IB Indebted. Instances could ho
named wherein tbo simple touch of this
gonlus of organization has converted un
profitable , because disjointed or disunited ,
efforts into highly successful achievements
without resort to the nrfnrlous methods of
the promoters of so-cnllrd trusts , l.nrgo
idcala may not always be capable of full
and complete realization , but the practical
mnn soon learns to segregate cr separata
the attainable from tbo unattainable , and U
Is this power to seize th.it which Is valu
able nnd appropriate It to his needs which
distinguishes the man of affairs from the
dreamer or the dilettante.
H.Mll.IN' ! MM'.M.
Detroit FreePICM : "Diamonds huvo prone
up slnro tbo South Afrlran war opened. "
"Goodness ! nro they nny higher than
coal ? "
Indianapolis Journnl : "Pnclo Christopher , \
what wns the primitive eliurch ? " T
"Well , it was n church which valued Its '
poor members ns much u it did Its rich
ones. "
Chicago Tribune : Ills Attorney If you
were drunk when you committed the theft
why not confess It nnd throw yourself on
the mercy of the court ?
The Accused That would ruin me utterly.
The only thliiK 1'vo got left NOW IH my
reputation for sobriety.
Washington Slnr : "Aro you one of tbo
heart-hungry women of whom llio poet
tnlkM ? " nuked the xoulful young mnn.
"No , " replied Mlxa Parxonu with a de-
elded shake of her head. ' ! can't pay that
I am. My preference ) Is for Ilvcr iiiitl
bacon. "
Cleveland Plain Denier : "What an alder-
miinle. stomach Kollnnsbeo IIUH ! 1 wonder
If It lias anything to do with his push inul
enemy. "
"I guess It has. lie ncenis to carry almost
everything before him. "
Brooklyn l.lfe : The Pedestrian You keep
a hor.sc ! Why. I hail no Idea you were so
thrifty.
"Oh , yes. I deposit regularly In the sav
ings bank all the money 1 borrow from my
friends. "
Somcivlllo Journal : When a man Is auf-
ferliiR from fcvor nnd ague It is uiinecci-
sary for the doctor to mark his medicine :
"To bo well shaken before taken. "
Washington Star : "Don't brat , ' 'bout yoh
wealthy friends' , " nald Undo Kbcn. "U'H
a bad fluff ter nil do Idea tlat a rich niunu
Is better dan goodness. "
Chicago Post : "H'ji Influence that counts
In Dollttcp , " said the voter.
"Yes , " answered the practical politician ;
"but not so much an alUuuice. "
Chicago Post : "Would you rather b < i I
president of the United Statcrf or king of \
England ? "
"I'd rather be- Admiral Dcwey , " was the
prompt response of the boy.
Chicago Ncwa : "You have chanced for
the worse , " remarked Growell to bis bet
ter bait the other morning when HIO ! asked
him for pin tnonoy.
"Why , what do you mean ? " asked the
astonished wife.
"You used to love inc. " muttered
Growell , "but now you love to use me. "
Boston Transcript : Burton H'H no use.
I've tried to make up with Kcrson , but It It
nvldcnt that ho Is dotermlned never to have
anything- more to lo with me.
Cottlc But you don't go at him in the
right way , perhaps.
Uurton I praised his baby nnd he didn't
say a , word In response.
Chicago Tribune : "Glvo an example , "
Bald the teacher of the elass in rhetoric
and English composition , "Illustrating tbo
familiar old saying , 'brevity Is the soul of
wit. ' "
"Tbo funnr llttlo foot of a Chinese
woman , " replied the solemn young man
with the wicked eye.
Harlem Life : ' 'What ' made you take all
that Impudence from that fellow ? " asked
the friendly passenger of the conductor.
"Why , bo didn't oven pay Ills fare. "
" ' " . "If ho
"That's it. said the. conductor.
had paid his faro I'd have broken hla
bead , but no's riding on a pass and maybe
ho has a pull. "
CllKED OF THE LION.
Baltlraorb News ,
The creed of the lion la as old as the lion ,
nnd as young as the cub that plays
With the torscled Jaw and the sharpened
claw and the "tail of the mottled maze.
The creed of the lion Is to feed the lion
and the jungle knows his roar ,
And it knows the glare of the eyes that
flare when the lips are thirst for gore !
The creed of the lion Is good for the Hon.
and that's as It ought to be.
For under the law of the jaw and the paw ,
and the trail and the jungle tree ,
The lion must llvo and the lion must have ,
anil the jungle knows his right ,
And It knows the cry when his whelps defy
the creed and the law of might.
The creed of the lion In the will of the lion ,
and back of the will the claw ;
And back of the claw and the Jungle law
the thirst for core In tlin jaw.
For what Is a Klnc If ho bo not a Kind
and strange If It should befall.
That under the swing of the jaw of tha
King there came not death at all !
There came not darkness unto those little
and -weak and. light
Who bend their knee at the jungle trco
and ask for the law of light ;
Earn It and ask It llrst , then BO , out on tha
trail to ptrlke
Fools to have 'thought that their service
had bought the freedom of like for llko !
The creed of the lion Is as old as the lion ,
and ne young aa yesterday
To give the least that the law will give , and
take the most away !
As old as the lion , but as blind as the cub
that follow , " the trail of years ,
And thinks It Is free till It comes to tha
tree of Common and King and Pecra !
YOU READ"
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have all sizes in the
whole 500 , but not all
sizes of any one pat
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sold for $8,50 , a $ J5
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These suits that are in
this sale are on our 3
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would be advisable to
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