(5 ( THE OMAHA DAILY 15EE : TTIUDAY , DECEMr.ETJ 122 , 1801) ) .
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. KOSUWATLH. Editor.
PUULlBHUD UVEIIY .MOUNINC3.
TERMS OP
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Ually Hco and Sunday. One Year . 8
Dally. Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 6.
Buminj and Illustrated , Ono Your . 2
Illustrated Uco , On Year . Z
Sunday Uce. One Vcar . ?
BnlurrJay Doc , Ono > car .
Weekly lice , Ono Year .
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Omahai The Uce nulldlnsr . . , ,
South Omtilm City Hall Bulldln
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New York ! Templn Court.
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snte of Nebraska. Douglas County , sis
deorBC- Tzsrmick , secretary of The DI
Publishing compnnv , being duly swor
Hint the nctiml number of full ar
rompleto e-nplps of Tlie Pally Mornln
livening and Sunday Hoc , printed durir
I ho numb of November , 1SS9 , wu * " " fn
lows :
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Net total sales
Subscribed nnd sworn In-fore me this
d > nt December. A D >
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Publ'c '
Notcrj
( Seal )
If MIC iminlfipal < i\viioi- > liii | oulliraiu
N MS lull of lioli's as a sKlmnu'i , vvli
not let tin- water out of It ?
One thine Is ccilalii. HICK- will IIP
< -\ha spsMon of HIP NclnasKa Jc-fils
tun- this vvintui , no innttor If HIP liw
i us fall.
The ilcclHlun of the supicmo coiut < 1
rlailiiK tlic Wr.ivor law uiiumstltutloiii
Is most s.itlsfactoiy to tltP insitiam
Oinalia int-u'liants sav holiday tun'
was novel lipttc-r. It Ib to hp hoped th
lui-ans au enjoyable ( lulstni.is for P\PI
man , \\oni.in and child in this cltj.
PashloniltPts s.ij that Chtistm.
stofklnRH me laip'r than in loinu
joins and .UP ' piling HO php.ip that PVC
.Iijtij Siuiiisoac.ui afford to have a pal
I'pttlpiow and Altgcld me to oppu tl
fusion cauioiilgn In South PnKot.i I
.fiinuaij' . It Is likely to Rpt nipped litho
the fiost hc-foie election time 10 !
mound.
Pye | million dollais In bonds to hu
a w ntcr plant ought to he pnou h t
placate all the opponents to niunlclpt
as well as all those wli
for It.
Alter this tinln Hibbeis had hetti
taiKle people who mo eutoutp to Km
MIS City * as thohc coming away do in
appear to lime money onoiiKh to pay ic
the Job.
Omaha and South Oniah.i could s :
along nicely with ri llttlo IPS KIIII phi
just at pipsent. WP hope ambltlov
maiUsniPn will join the aimy and hiiv
their bullets for the' Filipinos.
That no cent ttansfer cliarso over tli
fence between the two Omaha depots
almost as oftenslve as was the old 51
cent per pass-en er hoid-np o\ei tli
Union Pacllic. bildgo yenis a o.
The KiiKlIsh public is won led becan-
notliliiK IIIIK been heaid tiom sonic <
( liplr Held conimmuleis tor boxeinl day. .
The oillceis piolmblj icali/e that the
have talked too much and lia\e s\\oi
olT In advani.e of the new jenr.
An Amoilcan arcliltect has been ei
p.isjed ( o elect an oartliiuake-piool' | pa
ace for HIP pmpeioi of .lapnn. A foitini
awallH someone who can design a ICM
lutlon-pioof palace for the piesldents t
South and Ontial Ameilcan ' 'onnttle
1,1 I\\\\\K \ OhmiK'K peacock feather ,
pndanxpicd npiln hecaiihP of a pioti"
lodged liy the oveininent of 1'ninc
The best thliiK the Oilental Htatesma
can do If he values the feather Is to pi
It In1'a safety deposit \ault la soni
Ameilcan cll.v.
No\r that the muddle over the Insn
aueo ileimrtnu'Ut Is settled by the si
picmo couit ( U'clhlnu the > > nd fact ronu
lioiiif ( o the xh'l'iiluiiH auditor that i
appiomlatlou is available for condue
Iim the affalis of his Insuumco buicai
Tutly the troubles of popoctatle ollici
lioldcis are Intcimlimhlc.
If tlio Commeralal club can brin
abinit the assessment of all the pe
honal piopeity that has hltheilo escape
the asseshor It will b.\ that act alon
moie than Justify Its exlhtenie In < l
Ing sof however , It miihl stilko a bed
blow to coipotations and Huns and wl
would doubtless thrcati > u to disband tl
club.
clti/ens of Houtli Omaha ai
mil the picbslpt ' , need of a competei
I'hlnf of jwllce , Jiut the men intetestc
In ht'cliiR that city continue as a lefn ; .
for criminals Insist that a patiolnian I
thi } present foioo bo pionuted to tl
chltjftalncj' , Theio Is only one chain
In a hundred that ( his plan can hu mm
to woik. What the major of Soul
Oimiliu ought to do Is to plik the be' '
man he cau llml , uo matter whence 1
COIIH'3.
it n ni 11\ i v MMiniu
In his Mic h on the Miijenij M
one -if the ablcx ) delivered In snppoit
that measiite , icpie : < eiitatlve lliosl
of I'c nnsjlvanla. clialiiiian of the lion
nitiitnlitcc on banking and ( tiiieiK
nll ( "rinaiiilitl emplte Is ( oinlni : o
wajVc mo advanclns with leaps ni
hounds to the position of a ciedil
nati n. Tower and dominion In t
llnaiiclal vvoild follow the ( oiiMe
( oinini'ii c and mannfautniei. T
sci-pter Is passing fiom the old to t
new vvoild and New YoiU will suppla
London In the near funuc. Ameilci
( Medits In Kntope mo putting a dllli
ent tare nil the meat quest ions
llnmice the vvoild over.Vo me loa
ing money abioad bv the millions ai
we aie very near tlie point wheie v
can hold tlie icliis of Hiimicial pnv
on two continents. "
That this Is not au ovetdiavvn stal
mi-lit of the pieseiit position ot I
United States In the Iliianclal aflahs
the vvoild will be made appaiont by
studj of lecent events. The .riovvth
this country In wealth dining tile la
two or tinoo vears has been vvltlm
pu-eedeiit In our hlstoiy and piobah
has no paiallel in tlie history of ai
other coiintty. Tills has placed in o
hands a vast amount of available ca ]
tnl , onlj a small pint of which Is ic
leseiiti'd bj the stock of gold , amoin
Ing to neaily S1MKl,0K,0X ( ( ) ) . which
gioater than that held by any oth
countij1. A few joins ago , in tlie dem
ei title limps , intopi : > was drawing upi
the United Slates to liquidate our ov
Indebtedness up in tlie other side. Tl
gold thai then went out ippiobonted t !
settlement of a tiade balance that w
against us. The gold that has teeent
been e\poited and that which may !
sent abioad Is not to settle an nnla
oiable trade bahnue , but to meet i
tiigent demand fumi England for Una
ial aid. It I- a leversal ol long-pi
vailing conditions London looking
New Yolk fet help and olleilng llbd
Inducements theiefoi , Instead of Nc
Yolk belli , ; dependent upon London.
The United States Is today In
stiouger position financially than in
oilier nation in the vvoild and tills I :
Ing so , theie Is eveij1 reason to o\po <
If wo shall become Involved In no i
teiiiatlonal dilllcultles to disauan ;
out tinancial and connnoicial aflali
that the piodktion that New Yotk w
supplant London as the wet Id's Una
dnl ( enter will be fulllllod In the ne
futuie. Coitainly it Great Hilta
should have demands upon liei tlnancl
lesoiirces bojond those of the war
South A ft lea and then' Is no ceitaln
that she v\lll not hoi loss ol the Una
cial sceplei would be Inevitable , nor
It Impiobablo that this will tesiilt li < i
the war she has on hand , it it shall
piotoctod. Whenever the end of host !
ties to ( ome thcip N likely to be a i
action damaging toJUItlsh inteicsts
The United States l < moving stoadi
foivvmd , Inueaslng its Indimtiios ai
Its coniiueiee and adillng to Its vvealt
with evety pn iiilse of a ptolongod e
of matuilal piogtess and jtospeiitj' ) . J
one who intelligently studies the situ
tlou can doubt that ' 'tlnanclal omplie
coming our way. "
IlhMUt'IlAJlt
Hosolntlous have been Intioduced
both houses ot congioss bj demoiia
doclailng tlie policy Avhlch the Unlti
States should adopt legmdlng the I'll
Ippiues. All of them ptoposu that tl
Filipinos shall be given Independent :
but as to the ionise to bo puisitod ai
the ( ondltlons to be leqiliied pu-lin
nat.v to the giantlug of Indpondeiii
theie aie vvldu and Inqnttant dliTo
eiues in the demon.Hie plans.
The lOMilution Intioduced by Soimt <
H.K on ot ( ieoigla disclaims aii.v ili-ii
sltlon ov Intention on ( lie pait ot tl
United Stales to o\otcKo peinmnoi
sovcielgntj , Jiulsdlctlon or contiol ov
the ridllppliies and decline's tli
' when aimed u-slstanee to the antlui
Itj of the United States shall hit'
ceased within < -ald Islands and pun
and older shall have been icston
then-ill it Is the pmpiHo and Intentlc
of tlio United States , so soon theioaft
as the same can be practicably ai
safely aicompmhed , to piovldo the o
poitunlty and piesulbc the method t <
the formation ol a govoiument by m
of I he. people of the Philippine Island
to be theioaftor Independently eseiclsi
and contiollcd by themselves" Tl
govoinment foimed and elected inn
be ' 'competent and woithy In the jud
incut of the United States to exeicli
tlie poweis of an independent govei
meiit. " In other welds , the Unit *
States shall ptescilbe the Mini of go
eminent which the Filipinos may c
tahllsh and If this sh mid not bo a
coptablo or satisfactory to them , vvhli
moie than likely II would not lie , >
ionise the exoiciso of Amoilcan autlm
lly thoio would bo maintained. Tl
icsolntioii Intiodncod lij Senator Tl
man pioiioses to lot the Filipinos r
tabllsh a govetnmont with our "fiiend
assistance. " It declaios that "wo a
opposed to the lotontlon of the Phill
pine islands by the I tilled States ai
that It Is our pin pose to consent to tl
independence of tlie Filipinos as seas <
as a stable goveminent shall bo esta
llslied hj them and towaid tlie piom
establishment ot such government v
pledge our ti loudly assistance. " Tli
does not ( ontemplato auj dictation <
the pait of the United Slates as to tl
lorm of goveinment. It ueognl/.es II
light of the Filipinos to fet in the
own government , the onlj conditli
being that it must be "stable , " but wl
is to doloinilne whether the givei
mem that should bo established pn
sssed the icqnlroinents essential
stahllllj' ! .Manifestly If wo demand
"stable government" we must assuii
the light or dntj of dictating Us foi
and chmactcr and this would he t
Intelfeioiue with the Independence
the Filipinos , who would ho ipqulii
to Hvo under a goveinment whit
Milted our Ideas , whether agieeablo
them or not How much bettei won
this bo than giving them a llhcial s.v
torn of civil goveinment on Amnl'i '
pilnciples and under our iiutlimltj 'i
The lobolntion Intioduced In tl
house by Itepic&entatlvc Wllllanis
Mississippi and whlib Is undoistood
tie appmvod l'\ . most nf the di-moiia
In that liodj. g > os fuithoi than oltln
of the senate ioolntloas In the coiitl
( lolls It iiioposes. Thus It is piovldi
that leeimnltloii of the Independence <
the Filipinos shall bo c nidltloned np <
the govotnnieut thoj o tabllsli agtooli
to lofnnd the SLMMKKKKM ) paid to Spai
to give the United State" , with iluht i
soveiolgnty , whatever phuos it niaj d
she as naval and coaling stations , m
to giant tlie Amoilcan people in pe
polnlly tlio light of fu-o access to n
of theli puts for goods , incichandl' '
and poisons bent on peaceful or ml
sioiimy puisuits. It pledges iho pt
lection of tlie United States against to
olgn Intoifeioiito or aggiossloii for
petlod of ten jeais. piovldlng that v
lie given the absolute contiol of the
fotelgn tolatloiis dining that poilod ar
they will pa.v the expenses of soldle :
and ships that may bo necessary
such pioloclloii. Undei this inning
iiiont the Filipinos would obvious' '
have only paitlal ludependeiuo in
thoj would be dopilved of it in a voi
impoitant dliectlon , that of maklr
tu-atles and negotiating commercl
agioements with foielgn conntiles , 01
of the most valuable of tlie lights i
an Independent , nation.
Such mo demoiiatlo Ideas legmdlii
a Philippine policy and thoj make iloi
the fact that tlie patlj does not cor
ptchcnd that Impoitant and pctploxli
question.
MUvm ; r.iHtfc
On the fiist day of July the otllco (
dole of ( lie dlstilct couit ceased to 1
an unlimited fee olllce. Under the no
law , which went Into olYcet then , a
lecelpts of cuny deseilption colleck
by the dlstilct couit cleik wcic to 1
tin nod Into the county ticasui.v and 11
cleik of the couit allowed an Iticon
not to evcc-ed sn.ooo a jear lei his st-r
ices.
When tills change Uok place Tlio Hi
iiiged the Uomd of County t'oinmlsslo :
ois to appoint lompetent accountauts i
checkup the ollice and stilke the b.i
anco , so that a sottlciuc-nt might 1
had Instead of acting on this MI ;
gestlon the boaid has been content
accept the icixirt made by the cleik f (
himself , which may or may not I
collect.
Within the next two weeks the olllt
will be tinned over to tlie newly electi
dlstilct court cleik and another an
Until settlement will have to bo mad
It is now eimoutly icported that woi
of cheeking up this impoitant olllce
tj be delegated to paities who in
notoriously Incompetent , if not as n > toi
ouslj ciooked. One of these p.utii
holds his position as a lovv.nd lei dill
woik dnie last jear In the hhe of tl
piosoiit Incumbent. To have the otlh
eheckod up bj such .1 paity would be
fatce , II It vveie not a scandal on tl
taxpajeis.
Tlie Boaid of Couiitv Coinmlsslone :
owes It to itself and the ppoplo of Doll ,
las comity to piotect the public Intoic
whether the bond of the deik is goc
or woithless. The coiiimissioiieis aie I
duly bound to asooitaln how much ,
anj thing , the county Is entitled to co
lect fiom the outgoing oliiccr. If , iitti
a caieful auditing , the olllce is found i
be In good shape and all moue.vs due i
county and litigants piomptly foitl
coming , well and good. It theie is.
dollcit or a dispute over what is di
eithei side , the sooner we kuovv.It . tl
liettoi.
It Is with it-met wo leain ih.it 11
new postoliico to bo established i
Hedge conut.v under tlie name ot I.c-.r
lit is to be a monument not to the sd
denial ot oiu lellow townsman and lo
mer associate of Senator Thuiston , vvli
leceiitly let used a tedeial appolntinei
In older that some less doseivlng p.
tilot might be ic-vvaided , but to Iloni
ti. Leavltl , wh si > onteipilso and publ :
spiili has been manllestod In tlie eiot
tiou ot a new beet sugar factoiy I
Dodge countj' . We say it is with n
giet wo loam our mistake1 , because
tlie postoliico Is not named alter lleiboi
U. Leavitl It should have been , and w
hope that bofoio long Sonatoi Tlmisto
will llml oppoitunlt.v to do justice t
this Illiisliious Omaha dti/on.
The Cubans at Havana have wo
lomed Cenoial Wood with glad aiclali
and every manifestation ot joj- . Ii !
just how long he will bo able to satisf
them is a matter lor spernlation. Yoi
Cuban is always Inclined to go Into ui ]
tines one minute and a fieu/y of ia
tlio next when his dosites mo ciossei
Cioiieial Wood has been siicd-ssfni |
handling alTalis at Santiago , jet he wl
llnd his picsent task moie dllllciilt. A
the ambitious politidans of the Wan
me now gathoicd at Havana , and the
me a combination siilllclent to mal ,
any man's life one piolonged nlglitmaii
Tlio United States Is a standing re
illation of UK- saying that lepubllcs m
ungtatefiil. When the biave Law to
foil It was stated that he not onlj lei
little to ills wi'fo and dilldien , bul tin
theP ) was also a moitgago on his houii
Ik-lore the bodj is beneath the sod tl
money lias lieen i.ilsod to pay off tli
moitgago , and what Is coming in wl
keep "Hotsy and the babj" toiutoitabl
for some time. The Amoilcan poopl
me geneioiis to a fault and no natlo
on tlio face of the em ill is so llhoii
toward those who give their soivlu
and their lives t > their loimtij.
And now comes ( he Woslein Tialll
association annoniKiiig a Hat advam
in iiitos on cattle shipments ol - ' . " > conl
p.-i litindiedweight. This ( oiiilng npo
the heels ol the diango fiom onloa
i.itos to iKtiial weight ol cattle In ( li
( ar , in itself a niaioiial advmuo OM
foimer latos , will unise tlu > nittl
gioweis and faimois to wonder win
next may bo expeded. Can't soni
( unit lostialn tlio State Ilo.nd of Tran
pollution lioiu taking any action in tli
piomlsesV _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha nutional bankois saj it i
doubttilllielliei ihej will take advai
tago of Son elm j ( ! a'o's olioi to ostal
llsh now I lilted htatct , deposltoiles ante
to Incicabc the deposits lu thoho a
i * > ndj esinbll h ( > d ' | lu reas n given
that the high pilx of Inuuls woulil ma
It nnpiolltable and that no advanta
Is to IIP ualned. Whenever tlie Tier
my dopaitment thieatens to nlmlHi a
of the local deposltoilos , however , t
Ilirht thoj put up ( o lotnln the design
thn liidlcatoN that they think It woi
after all.
Ton Much ttf n ) ( r ,
\Va iblnKtoii Post
HOIK Ollbcrt M. Hitchcock docin't RPCIII
npprcciue his dose ot "crew of gold n
crown of thorns "
It UllllK-ll til HlC llC CIIC.
Chlcnfft ) News.
\flcr nil Qrcnt Hrltiln hnn to rclj on t
Irishmen , Holierts nnd Kitchener , to rest
the empire from the military muddle It
which Kngllsh politicians nnd Rcnerals hn
brought It.
Worlli rullMtliiK.
lUwtoii Trnn crlpt
Ornnt npvor hesitated to pocket n d
patch when he thoURht the eiUo rcquli
such a dlplonintlc move , but Kitchener li
been known to cut the wires and let t
dlspntchcs evnporato In thin nlr
nUpoxInu of ltuu snrl | < < ,
ItulTiilo Kxprc'ss
Lord Methuen hns written a letter
Ocncral Cronje tlinnkliiR him foi the RCIU
oils treatment accorded to numbers of I
Red Cro"H corps. This ought"to put .1 st
to tha stories about Uocr disregard for t
Hcd Cross.
lldrniM'niiM ' ri-nK In ,
Kansas c'ltj Slur.
The venqrnblo Hornco Holes of lown li
formulated a platform of political prlnclpl
which-would render htm easily ( .liable na
running mnlo for Mr nrjnii If ho vu
twcutj or thlrtj jeais lounger and llv
n thousand miles fiom Nebraska.
lloorM lii Cnpc Colon ) ,
Chicago Inter Ocean
Of the 370,000 whites In Capo Colony 231
000 nro Uiltch Afrikanders or Uocrs T
English Invo believed that these Cape C (
onj Hocr would In ( liau bccomu as loj
to Great Hrltnln ns the Trench of Cnmi
Hut , Meed by a crisis In which the pof !
blllty of a great bt.Uo under Hutch Afi
Kander domination bccoaiiH stronger wl
the defeat of the British arms , It won
not be atrnngo If the Boers of Cape Cole
JoIncM their brethren ot the two republl
In fighting for their own.
AVnr SyiHt Vlirnmt.
Philadelphia Ilecord
The war spirit Is contagious among 12
ropean nations and It will go hard If t
continental powers shall fall to Had soi
cause of offense against a foreign anta
onlst while Great Britain Is studying t
pfoblem of punitive warfare In South Afrli
Prance Is alreadj at loggerheads with Chi
over the delimitation of teiritory on t
Tonkin border and trooie arc in the Ik
on both aides , whilst half a dozen or mo
Trench warships aio enforcing the authorl
of Franco on Kuang Chou ba > . There a
30,000 disciplined Chines troops In opr
sltlon to Tiench pretensions , , and the 1
clplent quarrel nny expand evcntuallj In
portentous proportions.
DlMlrllinltiiii of riuilriiiiiiiNliliiN.
JC.ins.is City Star
The chairmanships of the hou e coi
mlttces nro distributed among the slat
as follows New Yorh , five , Illinois elgli
Pennsylvania , four Iowa , live , Ohio , feu
Maine , two ; Vermont , two , Mtnnesol
three , New Hampshire , one ; Massachuset
three , Connecticut , three , California , on
Kansas , two , Wlbcdnsln , two ; Ncbrast- -
one , Michigan , tour ; Indiana , one , Mi < nu
one ; Oregon , two New Jersey , two ; Sou
Dakota , ono , Rhod < sUsland , one , Marjlnti
one. Illinois apppars to have the beat
It In the matter of , committees , having r
celved the chilrmanshlp of qlght , New Yo
and Jown. each having five , ,1'eunsjlvan , !
Ohio nnd Michigan each having four. T
west has a very slim icprescntatlon In tl
list , although some of the committees u
concerned entirely with western mallei
It is also interesting to note that not
hlnglo southern Btato furnishes a clmlrm ,
for a committee.
Kilt SVI.T IKM > / \ .
C oinilli'NM Tuns In ( Inllcil nml AVnti
of Cn-nt bait I.nl.c.
New- Yolk Sun
The level of Great Salt lake Is stcadl
filling on account ot the largo volume
water tributary to It which is now absorbi
bj irrigation enterprises. The Jordan ai
Bear rlveis. City Creek nnd other ptrean
that flow Into the lake ilso In the hl (
mountnlns to the east and the averni
volume of wntci they poured Into the lal
the > ear round befbio they were intercept *
by Irrigation ditches was about 10,000 cub
feet a second This Is a considerable quai
tltj of watei , but the evaporation fiom II
surface of the lake Is veij large , nnd tl
diminution In the supply IIBH of course r
salted In lowering the lake level Oreat ? a
lake today Is not receiving as much wat
at , It cvapoiatcs and , If the process goes o
the tlmo is not far distant when the Inl
wilt disappear , leaving only a bed ot d ;
halt. The streams ( letting into the lake u
clenr .mil Ibripld , and only chemical nnalys
revc.il the picscnco of the salt the > coi
l.iin
l.iinTho
The dlbappeaiance of the lake would tnl
fiom the neighborhood of Salt bike Clone
ono of Its chief nttr.ictlons , hut won
mnko casllj accessible ono of the gicnte
Bourcth of salt In the woild Mr fillbe
has estimated that It required nt least 25,0
jcars to charge Great Salt lake with t ]
common salt It now contains Some u
wild guebscH have been mndo as to tl
quantity of bodlum chloilde or common KO
held b > the lake. Ono writer , for exampl
has estimated tills year that the qu.intltj
t-dt IB neurl > nine hllllon tons anil that
would tnko n freight tinln carr > lng .ill 111
s.iIt and lunnlng at the rate of twenty mil
an hour dnj and night , .twentj-clgl
> ears , flvo months and twentj-three da > s
pass a Htatlon The writer's bent for llgtir
will provo his undoing If ho gives It fn
Bv\lng It Is hotter to accept the moro coi
scmUlvo calculation of scientific men , wl
estimate that the watcis hold about 100,000
000 tons of common Bait Accepting thl n
tlmato as approximate ! ) accurate every oth
eotlrco of salt pales , In comparlbon with ll
riches Great Silt Inko will offer If Its vvato
disappear , leaving tlio mineral moro easl
and cheaply nmtulblc. ns It will be , than
.my other salt mines or o\.ipor < UIon grouni
of the world
The I'nltcd States piodurcd last jci
2,150.000 tons of snlt If all the ualtimke
of the countly hhould go to the ilrlotl-i
bed of Great Salt lake It would take thei
at l Ht > cur'e rate of production , more thz
1GJ yiars to exhaust the suppl ) The gre
salt centers of New York. Michigan nt
Kansas might bo held as n reserve for tl
fclxth or ( seventh gcncrntlcn to come Tl
greatest rock halt mlnca In the world are ;
Salzburg , Bcchnla and Vv'lollt/Ka In Ausu
Hungnr ) where , b > Immuring ininei'd dei
In the earth , they Jolntlj pr--lucc an aver.n
of 300.000 tons a jear If ihej should I
tr.mtsferird to Grcnt S.ilt lake thoj mlg ]
toll In the pure air ot the upper world , enj
aunshlno Instead of electric lights and nei
not worrj over thu pi-rmaneacy of the Jo
for to their piciunt ratu of proilu.tlon mo
than 1.33.1 > car would cln [ * o before tin
ncrapod up thc last salt In the bed of tl
lake I'crhapg tbo interests of agrlcultu
require that we lote the water , but the sa
will remain with us and U U a bigg
bananzu than any the Klondike 01 Caj
Nome have to show ,
r. < Mtir.s or ot u Mn. .
V niplniuhni ) interest ntl hts to Inie 1
ters from correspondents vvllh the arms
I.uron dptnlllng the opcrfltlonn of the
vision commanded by the lamented Gone
Henry W I.iwlon These letters tell ;
only of C'o utter absence of fenr tor
own safety , but nlro of pxprnlng hlni'clf
the fire of hnrp hoolcr , and of I
"charmed life he bore t'lifortunntelj
Indlfferenco If not contempt foi i
rnemj's bullet i cost him his life and (
prlved the nntlon of the Invaluable sprvd
of n brave , levotmetul poldlir \ coi
spondent of the IndlnnnpollH News , wr
Ing from Vnnav. mentions the needless i
poRtirc of the commander nt the llrlng II
"General Lnwton'a orders are verv cxpllcl
he writes "lie Insists that there be
firing of nn ) kind until we have been Hi
upon. Amlgcs are nil around us and tl
are In grent danger from c-vreless flrli
The general Is now riding n beautiful wh
horse , and In this connection a good sU
Is told ot him , how la t week when n i
tnchmenl of marines were iishore to a s
In an assault , they themselves were i
sntllted bv the Insurgents , nnd while 1
marines were hugging the ground nnd wl <
Ing ovtrv blade of grass were a stump ,
rides General Law ton
"The men s.i > that It seemed he wct > on I
laigest white horse thai ever wa * . nnd w
a largo whlto hat , too , and making n ti
mendous amount of noise He was laughl
ns gn > l > as the Mniiseis thnt were slngl
about him , nnd nodded nnd chatted with 1
slnff. It wns n > ov elation , KO the mnrli
Baj , of what all nbsenco of fear IB , cv
when under the most dnngerous comlltlo
Shortly afterward one of his staff wns si
through both knees , but iJivvton did not rl
nvvnj until he completed hl work Ho 1
the headquarters of his division here
town in u modest house on a quiet si
street. I found It so orowded thnt t
clerks were compelled to do their work
the porches He- often tnkcs his ion out w
him on his rides nlong the front , nnd It
nn all-wleo 1'rovldenco that hns spat
them , for his bravery Is splendid In
dnring "
The correspondent notes a like charncti
Istlc in General Wheeler , "our loe" !
writes "Tho fore part of this week he w
sitting on top of one of the Inlrenchmci
onjojlng the ccol of the eveningVh
sitting there dnngllng his tect like n schoi
boj and with Ills back to the front the I
Hiirgent i lilts begnn their evening tin
The men around him were horrified to ha
him thus I-\PCBO himself , but unwilling
stoop down thcmseheh as long as he w
Hitting on top On one bldo of him a bi
let took out the scam from a man's tro
sere , on the othei side a cnnteen strap w
cut in two The old general got e\.clt
and jelled to the men to He down at on
never thinking of his own safetj until o
of the ofllcers pulled him down "
Your uncle Is teaching the > oung Idea hi
to shoot in more peaceful wa > s than t
adults of Luzon A correspondent of t
Chicago Tribune notes that a Manila genl
has printed a manual of conversation co
taining Idioms nnd phinscs in the tin
languages. Spanish , American and Tagali
intended bo\h for schools and pilgrims fu
the nnlnland. The book Is called "Mam
do Convorsicioncs en Castellnno , Taga
n InglcK , con hi Pronunciation Tlgurado '
The pluases and sentences In the dlfferc
langugages nio printed in parallel columi
In the last column Is given the pronuuciatl
of the English sentences In quoting frt
the little manual to show Its great usafubu
In assisting the Spanish 01 Tagnlog brotli
to properlj pronounce the English langua
the English , for obvious reasons , is giv
first
"Where aro'jou going1" " ' Uer ar
goln ? "
"I am going home , " " vi am uoin join "
"Will jou come with me' " "Uil ju u
ulfs ml" "
" " " "
"Willlnglj "Ulllnsll.
'What countij'iiai are jou11" "Uat co
tilman ar vu ? "
" \re 5011 In a gieat hurrj ' ' "Are > u
ei grot jar > ' "
"How is jour father ? " "Jau is jou
fader' "
"He is IndlsDOsed " "Ji Is Indlsposet "
"What alls ho ? " "Uat yas jl ? "
"He has a cold " "Jl jas el cold "
"Docs nnj one attend 'her' " "Doe
uan atendor' "
"Tho doUoi attends her cvcrj daj " "
doctor atend jii everj de "
intri'viNXVVKIN * } IT.
Philadelphia Times Gieat Britain has
serious proposition in South Afiica The W
office has awakened to the fact
GlobeDemocratTho appointment
Roberts as commandei'-ln-chlcf of the Brill
forces in South Africa nnd of Kitchener
his chief of stuff 6ho\\s that the Sallelm
mlnistrj Is giaspfng the Imnortancc
bringing the heat men In Its military scivl
to the front In this crisis
Minneapolis Journal There is an old s.i
a be nL not swapping horses In the middle
the till earn But the British hccm dctcrmln
to do EO 'Ihej aie going to supplant 111
ler with Robeils , or at least , to put Robei
over Bullet In bupieme command.
Chicago Intel-Ocean Tiw new progia
of Great Biltaln la'u deflnlto acknowlcd
mcnt of tlie piowcati and devotion shown !
, i handful ot Dutch fanners fighting In l
f icemen's nplrit for their altars nnd the
fncr It sln& ; and heals the grandest I'.si
monlal given In this centurj t-j the lioiolf
of true republicans in resenting oppressn
and punishing the opprcmor
Philadelphia Recoid It Is easier for ti
London nowspajjors to raise a cry for t'
ImmoJIato dispatch of relnforcemculB
South Afiica than It would be for them
state whcio Iho men are to come from 11
War ofllcp Is making a show of mustcrli
In .1 Seventh division , nnd proposes
mnblll/o nn Eighth , but the SUth dlv'slo
which In getting ready foi embarkation , w
gathered from the tng ends of the nrmy ni
mllltla reserves , and from thin one ci
gucRi of whiit sort of material the MICCIMI
Ing musters will be composed. Practical
the whole effcctlvfi army of Great Ilrlta
Is now In South Africa or enroute thither i
transports and If this force unall not be nli
to whip the Boers the Jig l < up
Ilcoton Globe Not nlono In bTltlc do
this martial peasantry move us to no
dci- , but In all the nmneroiiB and oxactl !
details \\nr-mnklng llirj earn the tillm
of our astonishment Tnr Into I lie enemj
countrj they have hnsUncd to meet his
giesslvo columns Thcro with three wide
Keparntod nrmles , they hnve fought him ui
held him in ( heck All the while themsch
living In almost a drscrt they hnvo dl
pl.ijrd the uncommon nhllll > to fciipplj llic
distant fnuci uit1' food and nmmuullloi
\ppnrenllj neither their comm ssarj n
their ( irdii.iiicn department linn been d
moralize ! l.j thlH tusk , which hab li
wlldered the greatest of governments la tin
of wni
Portland Oiegunlan The nbllltj of .1 n
tit brave marksmen behind pntienchmen
lo make a formidablenslptnnco In .IMUU
bj the vcr > host veteran eoldlcry Is n fn
familiar to all permits of historical li
tclllKtnco The repuUo of the Brllli
rrgulars twice b ) our rmbattled farmer
line .it Bunlirr Hill , the dreadful repulse
Wellington' * 'Piulnsular % nr veteran
H.OOO strong under PuUenhatn , bj 6,0
Kciuuckj nnd Tinni'tnip luiutor.s and lml | .
llgblcrs at New Orleans ; the dp iriicll <
bj Hrfer and h' rlllemcn In the ranks
Marshal Lefebre's corr of Napoleon's arn
In the deniop of tl'o Tyrol c mountain
the sui-Jstul irUtauco to jhe itutali
nrm > offered by the Turks under Englli
at Plevna , are cases in polut ,
srvM viin ttiiii. .
Si I.ouls Olnbc-Prnioi rnt ( rep i li
seldom thai nnv psrtv in lh boufp c
show nn b olutPl"olid fioitt. The unn
nipus ropubllian support of the gold mm
nrd was nn admirable stall In the busln <
of the pfsMon.
Philadelphia Record ( dem ) One m
gratlfjliiB feature ot the voting In the ln >
wns the couriRcolis stnnd tnkcn bv t.lov
. democrnllc congrefsmpn who PISI th
Ivctcs with iho majorltv Other demo r
I retuspil to vole The oulj dpmorratlp u
I gtp'iman from Phlladclphli. lion Wlllli
| McAlppr , votifl for the bill , nnd In so v tl
honored hlmfelf , his pnrllcul.ii conft tuci
and Ihp state
j Sprlngnold ( Muss ) RepUbllcnn llml
lint such a IUCISUIP could pass the hoi
, by n mnjorlt ) ot forl > U u most e'.rlkl
demonstration of the great Phango will
i has icccntlx comp over the country respci
I Ing the question rf monev1 s'andir
Himllj four > rnr ago the nvernne rppti
j llcan member from HIP west would no me
Imo dared' ' to stand for thp. flnslp g (
|
ftnmlnrd than to cnll for the pnvmcnt of I
j rc'bcl debt
New York Sun ( rep ) The bill now go
to the sennte , where It will be material
amended and returned to the house A co
ferpnce between the two bodies will then
cnlled for and In tint conference It Is to
hoped tint the bill will he purged rf t
crudities nnd Imperfeilions which now dl
figure It , nnd be reformed Into symmetric
nnd logical shape \ - It stands. It Is
bungling piece of work disgraceful In I
delatlw to the body which Imn pasted It
Philadelphia Ledger ( Ind rep- ) T
outlroK foi sound monoj could not bo belli
I There Is every promise Hint congress w
I pass some remedial measure before the e
I of Iho session fixing gold ns the utand i
nnd Increasing the volume anil flexibility
iiutlonnl Innk note circulation and that
I doing so the way will be piepired for
crushing defe.u In November of Brvan n :
I
the 1C to 1 free silver coinage hcrcsj T
currcncj quratlon Is not rnlv In a fair w
toward sottlomeut , but toward being scltl
both right and pcnmttcnth.
New York World ( dem. ) Scarcely Ic
slgnlflcnnt than the icpubllPan unnnlml
wns the vote of eleven demoeritle repiosc
tatlven for a republican eatlcui , measure ,
direct opposition to the last platfoi.ii of tin
i pnrtj This vote was a mnnltectntlon of co
science ami courage nnd of a purpo'c
return to traditional democratic prlnclpl
which must 'invo ' a wholcsomo effect up
the party It Is a notlllcatlon tint the < ; em
ciats of the east , without whose votes mi
cess In the "nation is Impossible , will nov
' tie themselves to a corr o "
I'nilSON VIM1 OT' UHWIMJ.
So England is to hend two Irishmen
South Africa to save the empire
W. D Howell , Jr. , a nephew ot the no
cllst , Is a candldalo foi the icconllng clerl
ship of the Ohio sennte
Generals Roberts nnd Kitchener aie o
peeled to remember thnt they are going
light white men , not blnck ones
E\-I3o , s Pnt Glenson of Long Iblnnd Cl
Is reported to bo n bankrupt with .issc
about 4 per cent of his liabilities
Admiral Dcwej has been sent flvo plan
bv different firms and ls > said to be at
lota what to do with the instruments
The top of a desk from Norwich unlve
sitj , Veimont , In which Admiral Devvcy hi
cut his name while a student theie , sold
Boston the othei day for J.J3
Those people who have foolishly hastem
Into print to express their opinions thnt tl
new century begin * , with the jear 1101 mu
seriously regret it row thnt Emperoi Wi
Ham has declaled for the je.ir 1000
Scnatoi Prllehaid of North Carolina bc.x
such a striking resemblance to Congies
man-elect Robelts of Utah , that the tv
might cHsllr ba mistaken for twins Tin
arc of the same build and cast of fcatuu
Something new in robbery comes fie
Terre Hnutc , Ind , where two men who ei
tcred the house of Father Stanton , appll. .
to the priest's feet nn electric bntter > thi
hid brought with them nnd kept it the
two hours , causing him grent pain.
Whether it Is another development of tl
new woman movement or not , Mrs Sainu
Lord of New York has succeeded In havlr
herself elected a member ot the Et > s <
County Country club , which had nlvva ;
been supposed to be for men only.
The report comes fiom Paris thnt Gencr
Mcrcler , who flguted BO prominently in tl
Dreyfus case , is a cnndidatc for senator i
the appronchlng January election from tl
department of Loire Inferleure It Is gci
ernlly believed that he will be elected
Sonntor Unto of Tennessee , like the In
Senator Hnrrlo , will not tell his age. I
must , however , be nenrlj 70 , for ho wnb
soldier in the Mexican war Altogetlu
cloven membcis of the senate have pnssi
the facilpturnl limit , while thieo or four ai
within ens ) approach of It
Rev Di Sevallow , Pennsjlvnnln's pi
lltlc.il preacher , makes the awful chnri
Hint Piesldent MeKlnley occnslonallj tnl
a glass of wlno with his dinner Sure
the rev ei end doctor cannot object to 01
wallow' Perhaps the president ncglecti
to pass the bottle wlipn the doctor calle
01 ii roi vnivs I\HI/I rois. :
I'oi lillilnlilf ClulllviH Illlcmilltrrril h
Viiiorlriin I'liiiifciH.
SI Louis (31ob"UcmoprHt
Now that the Tlllplno icslstancchi
vlrlu.illj ended nnd the iceord of the P
hellion Is ( undo up , It becomes plnln th
Americans have met , among the birbaroi
or seml-clvlllzed races , much more formld1
bio fcpo than those which they hnvo PI
countered In Lu/rn nnd the adjacent Island
In 1755 an nrmj of 2,200 Biitlsh regula :
and Virginia mllltla , all under the comm.ii
of Brnddock , wns met ami overwhelming
beaten In a much smaller force of Indlni
nnd Trrneh while IlrnddocK was on tin wi
to attack Tort Duqiiesno , on the hlte of tl
prisent Plttsburg The bnttlp would poi
slbly have had a different rceult If Ilrai
dock hurt fillowcd the advlcp < { his nld , tl
young Colonel Washington , who was Hit
miklux lilHPtitianco Into hlstorj In fart ,
was Washington and the Virginia cnlllt ;
who raved thn eutlro urmj fiom nnnlhilt
tlon. It wns voiy plain , however , that tl
men whom Bniddock met wore much moi
formidable llghlnrs than any whom ARulnnld
has conmandrd At BiiBhy Run , In wc.ttci
rcnnH > lvanla , In 17C1 , In the Pontlnc vvn
C'olomi Henrj floquct , with 500 men , foiigl
a two-dnjH _ battle with a tnmllor foiio i
Indlnns , and llmilly defeated thPm Ho dl
this , howovei , b ) rrsortlng to un old India
dr\li > of feigning to retreat and thus Jem :
Ing the mivages Into nn ambush
But even the Amcrhnn fiontlormnc
themselves WPIO froqucntly vrrliar
pushc-d hj the ImllaiiB In Laid Dinmore
war of 177) ) , which was vlrtuallj the h <
glniilng nf ( he revnluilon , nl the batllo i
Point 1'lPanant. at thp mouth of tlu Gir'
Knnawhn 1,000 frontiersmen undnr ( iener.
Andrnw Low Is , a gallant und experience
Kiildlcr , were nearli beaten by the Hh.avvni (
of ahtut iho aino number under ConiHtall
The Khauncos were Hventually defeated , hi
Ihoy had foupht with mch skill and clfn
that Lewis was unable to follow them , mi
tl.cj rrtnatrd nt their Idsuro to the nori
lde of the Ohio In th whole of that ciin
palgn although. In ono phnco nnd unnthpr ,
was puitlclpitted In by Boone. the Shclbyi
Eevler ( icnrgn Rogers Clark and other :
famed bubscquc-iitlj as lighters on ll
fr ntlpr , thn enl ) gcnernlshlp shown was I
Cornstalk At the hatllu f tha Blue Ll-i (
In 178. , In which Boone was one of 11 :
loirniandcis , u plckt-d bed > of Kentucklnr
were ainlniHlicd and defialul bj a Kinal ! (
number ot Indians Harmar , in 17&0 nit
a sood-8lc < d army , fought a drawn battl
I with n mnlltr forif of Miimi Infllnn * in
the present s'nto ' ot Ohio ind si Clnir In
l" < it vvnli dlnnntrouslv dpfPntod nenr 1h ( >
Miami vIllARCi * hy n forrp of n > 1 mpn only
nbntit two-thlrdA ns numptoux .is bis own
No other pioneers In the world j > history
eviV Vverp toittronlcd with utich formidable
foes no thosp whlrh contented HIP ground be
twccn the Allpghenlcs and the llockj moun
tain * Ih the torpst flRhltnR cast of HIP Mis
fllfslppl the Indlnntt nlthnugh pcorer marln
men thnn the Ampilcaii' , hnd nn ndvintiRp
In bplng bfttrr nb P to Utlllrp trpp nn I
locks for purpoRfi < of ronrpnlnlcnt nnd < \ <
foupo tlclwppn tlie Mississippi nnd thi
ReeK > mountnliif the compirnllvc nbujtur > f
forests pqinllzod Ibe cdidltlons la a grnt
( Ifgrce , ntiil thp superior ninrksmnnshlp nf
the whiles told eftrctlvply Yet , In phins
ns well as frrcsl lighting , the Atncrlnn
ab-rlRlnp never had nn cqunl nmoiiR the will
rn"cs which other nations the British in
At-n ! nml Africa , the Trench nnd Germans In
both of thdsP crntlncnls nnd the Hocrs In
Atrlcn encountered Iti the * outllwe l thp
Ajnchcfl , Cotnnnches , NrtVflJnrs and othir
tribes more tl'an 1-cld ll'clr own frr tw i
centuries ngnlnst the Spaniards In Intelll-
ncnco as warrlcrs , too. the American nbculg
lues hnd chlettnlns win turpnsBed nnj of
the leaders vrho have been png-iged
In the rebellion lu Luzon. King Philip , I'on
line , Llttlr Turtle , ( "oniotalk , Tccum pli
Chief Joset'b ' and imn > other red wnrrlors
of the American continent hnve hid no
pqunls among Agulimldn'n men The hl
lory of what the Americans did In tliplr ceu
tury of war against the Wampinongs , tro
quols , Olt.ivvns , Shnwnccs , Mlngncs , Dela
wnrcf Comnnchc1' ' , Apichcfl nnd other ted
fighters of the forest and the plnlns shown
tint they can ensllj cope with nil the rr-
Hlstnncp which ran be offerpd to them In nny
ot the countn's new posscsslnns.
IIKIIIT ' ! ( ) Till : I'OINT.
Chlcngo RPinrd Mdlher rhildlPli , Hbnll
I bliv u l.ue-pa'jer nnsd for HIP lop ot HIP
'
Chlldion ( In loud ( horns ) No. git a candy
one !
Cbii-HKO 'I itmHfratl ] , I.llllp WJlIlo-1'a.
Is .1 tlninctci a mnu Mu o.in make lots of
tnnncv ?
Ta No , n Illmiulei Is u mini w'ho c-an ovvo
lots f moiH'j '
\V < i hlntloii ; Star "I suppoifoii aio
loiklnR forwuid lo vour vni'ntidn with much
lellc :
" \i-s , " nn wered Iho innxrcsimiin , KUJI-
pips'lng a jiiwn "A vacat'on Is a good
thing It Rlvis a man i ohalicc lo gel home
once In n while and do some work "
Chlciigo Tribune As thev Haunlprod
IbroligH th- art gillPiU'i thov halted In
front of a tciiliilurcil fcnnliilguie
' Brooks " Hiild Hlvpri. con ulll.ig his rut
nloKiie , "Ill's In liutli Truth , aliow me lo
present mv fi U'lid , Mr Brioks I believe
jou iwo have m-vor met before"
Indianapolis Journal1 "I th unlit the Tll- |
pltms were vanquished hibl K "
"Thuv vvoiu. but iliev ( lu. t staj van
qu'shell VVon't ihev nnUe line Anurl-
ciins . '
C'lcvtlnnd Plain Uenloi "You ought In * l
ic.iJ tbo Iroatv between Tnelc Snm .nut the
Sultan of Jolo
"Anj picture of his bin em In It ? "
imlliiuiiolls Joiunnl Hp-i.Mailo , I think
vse bid bettor oeonomlze a little on out
Chi 'stm ' if d'nnor
3ho WellLrlwln , I fnncj we can all gc-t
Juft as sick on 00 CPIUH' vvoith of mince
meat us vvt- can on JJorth of frull caki
. . . 1'oit "I'a , bow much monej
hive vou got tt'i Cbrls'mus ? '
" \ \ In , luimnj ' '
"Well , DI , 1 cant tell what 1' ask Saiuv
Clam fei llll 1 know how much inoncj
jou've ijol '
C'leveland I'laln Dealer' 'Did vou load
the list of the olllcrrs ot the Sultan of
Jolo's court who IHO lo receive bilarlcs
from Undo Sum'1 '
"Ye * "
"Queer names , aient tbe > V"
" \es. "
" 1 Mipjiosc thnt Onto Joakunnln is the
couit Jeccr ; "
iitKA'ssvs 1,11110.
, . _ _ O11" . 1 j
'linltlmorc ' American ,
A picttv Bill ,
Wllli Tvltchlns olrl
AV is belle ot u cltj In AiKimms
A fallow joiltli
Kxclnlimd : "In trouth ,
You'io thci lalicbt maid 1 ever sas "
'I hemnldon pild.
With blushes raid
"Go 'w ij , " Ilknvvlse "set out" and "pshasl"
The Ind sultl. Tiiiiougli
Mj- heart have voiiRh
Sent longliiKS tint v Ill over RIIUS , "
And then In irlod :
"Ob , be m : 4irleU ! "
The mnldon mm mined , "Ahk mj mas , "
So ho liuiiilicd ,
With love Inspulrtd ,
11 innnimn d bn his mn-ln-las.
The molhei slwhc 1
And tln'ii ii'pl'Kluil
"I'erhaps jou'd bolter ec her pas
Hot fnllier sc'zed
The jouth , dlnplnlred.
And iiidely mote him on Iho jus.
AVI Mi nmnnt't rou,5i (
Papa did couli ;
The Ind until his Ik-sh was las.
" ' neail load "
"I'm } (
The poor joulh send.
When next tbo maiden fair he was.
"Ob | P | | mn u ui'
What has hint juo'
She asked. He unld : I SHH jour pas. "
And thus wo HPI- fc
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Opporttuiity !
You can readily under
stand that we want to dis
pose of all the heavy-weight
suits in our Children's de
partment the season they
dre made , and , as the sea
son progresses , v/e are will
ing to sacrifice something to
move them quickly. The
lots are somewhat broken ,
but now is your chance.
Here are wonderfully good
values in two-piece suits for
boys of from 9 to 16 years
for $3 50 , $4,00 and $5,00.
They have been selling
thus far this season , some
of them , ior as much as
$8,00.
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