THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SCHSTDAV , DECEMBER ,11 , 185M ) .
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Good-bye , ISO ! ) !
.t'H 1 J' tl > tllsiintehi'S from the
Transvaal yonnu AViustoii Churchill Is
u hlnRi'r man llian Onoral Huller.
AecordliiR to 1'opo Leo the nlnotocnth
century doses tonight anil the twen
tieth century plant should bloom and
blossom tomorrow.
If It be I rue that the United Slates
IH becoming a nation of beef enters the
prospect for u rise In the value of Ne
braska farm land Is very encouraging.
More new railroad mileage has been
built during the year 1SSX ) than any pre
vious year since IS'.K ) , yet some of our
liopocratle friends are still insisting that
prosperity is simply a sham.
With 'the coming ot cohl weather the
plumbers are enabled to dance with
good spirit. The coal man nnd.tlie ice
man join In the festivities , while the
patrons dance oven a livelier step.
Nebraska teachers evidently devote
considerable thought to the subject of
wire-pulling when studying political
economy. In addition to that they
show considerable natural prollciom-y.
The west , which is enjoying tbo llnest
variety of winter weather , sends its
sympathy to the blizzard-swept cast. If
you want to enjoy all the blessings of
llfo come west and grow up with the
country.
Kx-1'rosldont Cleveland Is suffering
Severely from rheumatism. The malady
of tlie democratic party has not yet
been satisfactorily diagnosed by all the
physicians , but Its suffering is equally
The question whether tonight ends the
nineteenth century Is still being llerccly
debated. The people who sit up , how
ever , to wltnoHS the transition from the
i old year to the new will not know the
V difference.
f Beginning with tomorrow ligure S ,
* which has been ever present on billet
, doux and duo bills and promissory notes ,
Will be discarded and the print shops
; . will have a great run on the ligure ' ,
and ( lie ciphers.
*
' London liimuclers are estimating the
i cost of tlie war against the Boers at
ATiO.OOO.OOO , equivalent -jsuriO.OOD.OOn of
our money. U In more limn probable ,
* however , that these figures will have
7 lo be revised several times.
Iteporls from 1'retorlii Indicate that
the olllcers and privates of tlie Knglish
army who are prisoners are perfectly
safe and having the best of care , so far
as their position as prisoners of war will
permit. In many respects they are bet
ter off than their comrades who were
not captured.
Wo bear a great deal of wireless teleg
rapby In the Held In .South Africa , lint
nothing about bullet-proof coats or
about tlie bicycle as n war utensil. The
great Inventions that were to revolu
tionize modern warfare seem to bis dis
counted several per cent when war ac
tually breaks out.
Iowa school teachers In their state
t
convention have decided to ask the leg
islature for a compulsory education law
and additional normal schools. Wo pre
sume the compulsory education law Is
to furnish a demand for more teachers
and the new normal schools to supply
the demand when It Is furnished.
It will be In order for democracy to
organize a commercial agency In the
near future. Those at present In busi
ness Insist upon sending out reports
showing tbo wonderful Increase In
trddo and the better llnandal conditions
prevailing. No well organized calamity
campaign can be conducted unless some
organization Is secured to furnish ca
lamlty Hgnrcs and forecasts.
A M'tjlll ) 70 FUtKA'DS < ) F Tin. IIDK11K ,
The war In South Africa liiif
naturally evoked mnrh sympathy In the
United States for the two lloer repub
lics. The Instinct of every lover of lo
publican Institutions the world over h
favorable to all republics engaged In it
life and death ( Mtilllct with a power
ful monarchy.
There Is , however , such a thing as
slopping over and carrying sympathy tea
a point where It becomes damaging In
stead of helpful. It will not help the
cause of the Boors for their friends In
America to Indulge In demonstration ! )
or outbreaks that would compel the
president and the authorities nt Wash
ington to give forcible proofs of our
neutrality. So long as the United
States Is nt peace with Great Britain
Its paramount duty Is to prevent any
acts of hostility on the part of Its citi
zens. Whatever may be Ihu sentiment
of the president or his cabinet toward
the respective belllgeients their Impera
tive duty In International law Is to ob
serve and enforce tiny existing treaties
between Great Britain and the United
States with all ( he authority vested In
them.
Tlie organization of men whose pur
pose Is to exhibit their sympathy with
the Boers by a threatened Invasion of
British colonies is In violation of tlie
existing treaty an:1 : any serious attempt
on the part of American citizens or
aliens residing in America to create
such a diversion in favor of the Boers
would compel the president to patrol
the borders nnd cause the arrest nnd
punishment of all so foolhardy as to
seek to embroil this country In a war
with Canada and England.
American sympathizers can help the
Boers In only one way and that is by
observing the law and abstaining from
acts calculated to force the government
Into furnishing the Canadians and
other Kngllsli subjects wllh a military
guard.
lAM LIXCOI.X'S JUIUI.KK ] > .IV.
When Abraham Lincoln Issued his
emancipation proclamation on the IStli
day of .Innnary , 1SK5. ( he had not ( he re
motest idea that by appending Ids name
to that Immortal document he hnd
struck the shackles from the limbs of
1,000,000 of slaves. It is within tlie
memory of men who attended the presi
dent's levee on that historic New Year's
day that the proclamation had fallen
Hat at the national capital and was gen
erally regarded like the pope's bull
against the comet.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for emanci
pation was embodied in ids message to
congress , delivered just one month pre
vious. On December 1 , ISO. ! , President
Lincoln , In his message to congress , sub
mitted a plan for gradual , compensated
emancipation , which wo reprint else
where In this Issue and to which we in
vite attention. In that message he rec
ommended the submission of constitu
tional amendments Avhlch were to con
tain ( lie following provisions :
1. Every state whore slavery now ex
ists which shall abolish the same nt any
time before the 1st day of .lannary ,
1XM ! ) , shall receive compensation for tlie
emancipated slaves from the United
States.
li. All slaves who shall have enjoyed
actual freedom by the chances of war at
any time before the end of the rebellion
shall be forever free , but their owners ,
on proof of loyalty , are to be compen
sated.
. " > . Congress may appropriate money
and otherwise provide for colonizing
free colored persons with ( heir own
consent at any place or places without
the United States.
Tersely deliued , the constitutional
amendments proposed by Abraham
Lincoln contemplated gradual emanci
pation , by which tlie last slave was to
have been made free on New Year's
day , 1XX ! ) , and deportation or voluntary
expatriation of the freedmcn and their
colonization in some tropical country or
countries that would be found con
genial to the black race.
In support of this plan Mr. Lincoln
argued that gradual emancipation
would save lioth races from the evils of
sudden derangement. While those
who felt that gradual emancipation
would give too little to tlie slaves then
living , Mr. Lincoln said it would really
give them much : "It would save thorn
from the vagrant destitution which must
largely attend Immediate emancipation
In localities where their numbers are
very great and It gives Ihe Inspiring as
surance that their posterity shall bo
free forever. "
In defending the proposition to repay
the slave-owners for the freedmen , Lin
coln pointed lo the historic fact that
"tlie people of the south wore not more
responsible for the original Introduction
of slavery than the people of the north
and when the people of the north un
hesitatingly use cotton and sugar and
share in the limits of dealing In the
products of slave labor It may not be
quite safe to say that tlie south has been
more responsible than the north for the
continuance of slavery. "
The argument advanced In favor of
voluntary deportation is equally logical
and forcible. Mr , Lincoln says : "I
cannot make It better known than It
already Is that I strongly favor coloniza
tion , and yet I wish to say there Is an
objection raised against free colored
persons remaining In the country which
Is largely imaginary , if not sometimes
malicious. It Is liuistod that their
presence .would Injnro and displace
White labor and white laborers.
If then1 ever be a proper time
for merely catch arguments thai tlnu
surely Is not now. In times like iho
present men should utter nothing for
which they would not willingly be re
sponsible through time and eternity. "
In concluding Ids earnest plea for Ills
plan of gradual emancipation President
Lincoln said : "I do not forget the
gravity which should characterlzi-
paper addressed to the congress of the
nation by the chief magistrate of the
nation , nor do I forget that some of yon
are my seniors , nor that many of yon
have more oxpericiieo than I In the con
duct of public affairs , yet I tni-t that In
\lt w f the great respi.nsllillliy resting
upon me you will peivejvo no want of
respect to yourselves In any undue
earnestness I may seem to display. "
But the fervent appeal of Abraham
Lincoln for a constitutional amendment
giving gradual emancipation fell n deaf
ears. Nobody in ( lie congress of IstVJ-iBS
was bold enough to father the proposi
tion or make himself a laughing slock
by champl'MiIng a. plan for enniiK Ip.'i-
tlon at a time when slavery was en-
Iretiched In power and the hosts of the
confederates were In pnsM'sslon of foiir-
llftlis of the slave territory. In this
Instance the world was taught in a forci
ble manner that mini proposes and God
disposes. Willie slavery was only par
tially abolished by the proclamation of
January JSV J \ ( \ , every man. woman and
child held In bondage was freed by the
adoption of the thirteenth amendment
to the constitution thirty-three years be
fore Lincoln's appointed day of jubilee.
Tilt :
The year 180 ! ) has made a notable ad
dition to the world's history and par-
tlcnl.irly to the history of this country.
It lias been a year of great material
progress for the. United States. Our
foreign and domestic trade has been
the largest recorded , Industrial devel
opment lias gone steadily forward and
all Interests have prospered. The clos
ing year has seen this country attain
j a commanding position in tlie llnandal
iittalrs of the world , giving promise
that In the not remote future It will
have a controlling Inllnence In this re
spect. It has witnessed American as
cendancy In the greatest of all the man
ufacturing Industries , iron ami steel ,
with every assurance that it will main
tain this supremacy. American inllu-
ence has been extended and strength
ened within the year and American
friendship is more eagerly sought and
solicitously fostered by all tlie civilized
nations titan ever before in our his
tory.
Tiie Philippine war has been costly
In men and money , but the Insurrec
tion Is no longer an organized resist-
l mice to American authority and while
I the suppression of tlie scattered hostile
' bands may be troublesome for some
i time to come the most serious part of
the task of establishing peace and order
| there is believed to have been accom
plished. In Puerto Hico American au-
, tliority is unquestioned , while In Cuba
I good progress has been made toward
i preparing tlie people for Independence.
I Tlie Samoun question has been satis
factorily settled , the efforts of our gov
ernment to obtain assurances from Ku-
ropean powers that American rights in
China will be respected are likely to
be successful , and on every band our
International relations are amicable.
The differences with Canada , tiie most
serious of which , that of the Alaskan
boundary , have been the subject of ex
tended negotiations between Washing
ton and London , are the only matters
in our internatio hal affairs that may
prove troublesome.
For European nations the closing year
has been a period of fairly prosperous
conditions. English Industries have
i been generally active , Germany nnd
France have made industrial and com
mercial progress , conditions in Unssia
have improved and all other countries ,
not excepting- Spain , are better oft than
at the opening of the year. In respect
to political conditions there have been
some more or less important changes
during the year. The alliance between
Franco and Hussla has been strength
ened and an understanding has been
effected between Germany and England
which , while its purport is not known ,
Is thought to be of very great impor
tance. Certain it is that tlie relations
between those powers are more cordial
than for many years. The settlement
of the Dreyfus affair saved France from
threatened revolution and while it Is
probable that the bitter factional ani
mosities engendered by that case are
yet smouldering , there Is reason to ex-
poet that they will be repressed at least
until after the 1'aris exposition , which
is now the lirst consideration with all
Frenchmen. The Hague peace confer
ence was one of the memorable events
i of ISO ! ) and while It did not accomplish
j all that was hoped for by the friends of
peace , it is not to be doubted that its
j influence was wholesome. The anna-
| ments of Europe have not been curt -
t Inllod , but on the contrary all the mari
time powers are increasing their na
vies , yet the danger of war between
any of these powers appears more re
mote than for a number of years. Co
lonial protection Is the chief motive for
tlie augmentation of naval power. Tito
South African war is the most moment
ous event of the year and what It may
lead to offers a wide. Held for specula
tion. The promise Is that It will bo
a protracted struggle , costing enor
mously In men and money and it is
among tlie possibilities that before It
is ended other nations will become in-
j voived in it. The demands It has already -
! ready made upon British resources are
far beyond what was anticipated and
It is Impossible to estimate with any
degree Of certainty what the ultimate
cost will be.
Affairs In Asia
have undergone no
very Important change during thu year.
The policy of Enr. peun powers in re
gard to China has developed no new
features of an aggressive character ,
though It Is not to bo doubted that Itns-
sa ! Is awaiting a favorable opportunity
to acquire a larger territorial intere.st
In that empire and possibly France also.
It Is more than likely tiiat ihe understanding -
standing between Germany and Eng
land hns reference to this. Meanwhile
the powers having territory In China ,
except France , are recognizing the prin
ciple of the "open door" In trade anil
there Is season to expect will continue
to observe U. U Is not Improbable that
France also will bo induced to adopt
that policy. .Japan Is making steady In
dustrial and commerolal progress , tlu <
only apparent danger to the continu
ance of which Is a possible ) conflict with
Hussla. Itecent advices Indicate that
this danger may not bo remote.
Mexico has bad a prosperous year
and that country is making rapid ma
terial progress. It 1ms Just concluded n
treaty with cidua which Is \pivtcd
to increase Its commerce to an Impor
taut extent. The South nnd Central
American countries that have experi
enced no Internal dMnrhniicos ibtrinj ;
the year have advanced.
Tlie benefits , Intellectual , moral anil
ph.wlcal. contributed to mankind duriiiy
1SHI ! largely overbalance the Ills , many
and deplorable as thnse have been , ami
the record It lias made constitutes our
of the most Interesting chapters In tin1
history of the nineteenth century.
TIIK HUB'S STATISTICAI , fjv/ir. /
The Bee presents In Ibis number It ?
annual statistical review of the prog-
rc s made by Oinnlm In the various
branches of Industry , trade and com
merce and public and private Improve
ments.
From the facts and llgures set forth
the people of this city can gather sub
stantial reasons why they should con
gratulate themselves upon the advance
ment made and the prosperity enjoyed
during ihe year IS'.ID. ' Comparative
Hgures In every field of activity , with
two or three exceptions , show decided
steps forward.
As a distributing center Omaha at
the opening of tlie coming year liuds It
self hotter equipped with rallumd facili
ties and terminal conveniences for the
accommodation of passengers , the dis
tribution of Its products and the exten
sion of its jobbing trade than ever be
fore. Its manufacturing and commer
cial Institutions have all enlarged their
scope of operations to meet an In
creased demand made upon them , while
tlie retail business 1ms exceeded all
previous records. The bank clearings
show a considerable falling off , but tills
Is entirely llctitlons and due to a ma
nipulation of clearance llgures.
In Omaha labor circles tlie prosperity
of the labor organizations rellects the
prosperity of the wage workers and
gives an Index to tlie steady Increase of
population steadily trenching upon the
number of dwellings and business
houses available for rental purposes.
Omaha's public improvements , while
not pretentious , have also kept pace
during the year with the substantial
growth of the city. The liiiances of the
city and county are In comparatively
good condition and the whole commu
nity enters upon the new year confident
of its resources and encouraged to
united effort for still greater achieve
ments in the forward march of progress
and prosperity.
ixMKA'f oruutiro nico.
The people of Puerto Kico are very
anxious to have civil government insti
tuted there and the administration is
in sympathy with this desire. President
McKinley said in his annual message
that the time is ripe for the adoption
of a temporary form of government for
the island and added : "it is desirable
that the government of the island under
the law of belligerent right , now main
tained through the executive depart
ment , should be superseded by an ad
ministration entirely civil in its nature.
For present purposes I recommend that
congress pass a law for the organiza
tion of a temporary government , which
shall provide for the appointment by
the. president , subject to continuation
by the senate , of a governor and such
other oliicers as the general adminis
tration of tlie island may require , nnd
that for legislative purposes upon sub
jects of a local nature not partaking
of n federal character , a legislative
council , composed partly of Puerto
Iticans and partly of citizens of the
United States , shall be nominated and
appointed by the president , subject to
continuation by the senate , their acts to
be subject to the approval of the con
gress or the president prior to going
into effect. " lie also recommended
that the principle of self-government be
applied tit once to municipalities and
oilier local subdivisions , so as to enable
the Intelligent citizens of the island to
participate in their own government
and to learn by practical experience
the duties and the requirements of a
self-govenilng people.
'It ' is expected that this matter will
be taken up in congress very soon after
it reconvenes ami the fact that Gov
ernor General Davis has been ordered
from Puerto Hico to Washington indi
cates that it is tlie intention of tlie pres
ident to urge the matter. Senator For-
aker , chairman of the senate commit
tee on Paclilc islands and Puerto Hico ,
has been giving careful attention to the
subject during ( lie recess and expects
soon to have ready for presentation to
his colleagues on the committee a code
of laws for Puerto Hico. It is said to
be the purpose of Senator Foraker lo
adopt the existing laws of the island
as lar as these are applicable to the
changed conditions , In order to avoid
confusion among the people , who are
reluctant to adopt radical innovations.
To this end it Is proposed to retain the
existing limited suffrage , which allows
all taxpayers to exercise the franchise.
It Is probable that congress will fol
low prolly fully the recommendations of
the president , which are the result of
a very careful study of the subject and
doubtless of a pretty thorough knowl
edge of the wishes of tlie hotter class
of the people of Puerto Hico. There
ought not to he much dilllciilty In estab
lishing a civil government in that Island ,
but It may not bo found so easy to ar
range Its trade relations with the
United States. That is a matti-i' about
which there Is promised a good deal
of controversy and this nuiy ojierato to
delay the establi him-nt of a civil gov
ernment.
Governor Poyiiter asserls that Sup.'r-
inlondent Lang of the Institute for thu
Feeble-Minded Is c-'iidiictlng the affairs
of that Institution entirely to his satis
faction. Tlu > governor Is evidently
easily Kiilslk'd. Little things like Ir
regularities in vouchers and seeking to
get superiininerarlc.s on the pay roll do
not disturb him. Thu taxpayers , who
f. ot the bills , have had altogether too
much of this sort of business to suit
them.
. ( ill ) Hill Is reputed to br a pretty
shrewd railroad manager , hut by all
odds the sleekest M-ln-iur de\ i.i > d by the
givnt St. Paul primi-ii r it. tinjiruposcd
illfH'lhiiliun of tin- uatcrlii , h in all .at
to be Injected Into Gn iv Northern stock
!
i among the employes of the road ut par
This distribution mi Hie e-i-opernllvc
lilnn Is expected to attach the employe *
i to ( In1 road , lint as tlu > innounts any
l olio of them or nil of them together will
control tire n mere diop In tlie . ( rail
tlieh' liilliu'iire upon ( he management in
' . iiollcy of the road will he Iiilliilteslninl ,
Senator Kyle Is now n broken idol
with the doiiPcratM mill populists , lit' '
lins HIP good souse to see that nn.v
I change In Ihe inntietiivy system would
j IIP disastrous inul has hnd the courage
i lo say so. If the present era of Industrial -
: trial aetlvlty eontlnues much longer
j few Idols will he left In the dcni-icratlc
temple which are not fractured. As
every pi'ospeet betoken * si eontltiuant'o
of republican policies anil consequently
of inditstrlnl activity searchers after
political rdles of this kind will have no
dlllleulty rinding what they want.
Our popoeratie contemporary tries to
make out that the reason the State
Hoard of Transportation was not legis
lated out of olllee by the populist legis
lature of 1S)7 ! ) was hecause they were
to he given another chance. That
sounds nicely , lint the real reason was
because the sinecures which hud pre
viously been enjoyed by the republicans
had Just been annexed by the fusion
horde and no reformer was willing to
let anything In the shape of a public
Hillary got away.
It Is now apparent why Itryan went
to Texas. A cyclone blew down some
of his fences and before the damage
could be repaired came north and com
menced work In loWa. The Texas pop
ulist with the windy name Insists that
populists down that way will not blow
for the Nebraska man another cam
paign. This Is Indeed a severe loss
when the greater portion of his cam
paign material is wind.
The Northern Pacllic receivership has
llnally been wound up. The year just
closing has seen the last of all the great ,
railway receiverships , with one or two
exceptions , that were precipitated by
the crash of ISSL'l and its immediate re
sults. Only one large receivership lias
been forced that of the Tort Arthur
route and reorganzatlon is already well
under way. The railroads have had a
good year.
The now United .States consul to the
Transvaal has just left London for Pre
toria. As he is expected to reach there
some time before the arrival of General
Bullur , the friends of the British pris
oners of war have loaded him down
with messages to the soldiers , who , for
the time being , arc beyond the limit of
ordinary means of communication. It
is always handy to have a friend at
court.
The secretaries of the State nonrd of
Transportation luivo ilnally decided that
it is best to unload the freight rate con
troversy upon the attorney general and
have furnished that otlicial with the
evidence in its possession. By so do
ing the secretaries hope to divert some
of the lire from themselves and insure
that peace and quiet they so greatly de
sire.
The State Brand commission is now
in session. Before adjoining it might
be well to brand prospective applicants
for positions on the commission so the
governor will have no ditliculty in the
future in distinguishing the politics of
appointees.
Oil. Swear On" .
Philadelphia Ledjrer.
It's getting pretty close , now , to the
time when wo nhall have to decide which
century we arc living In.
llnliu fur fillWounded. .
Boston TranscrljU.
It ought to bo a balm for the wounded
pride of Spain that more people arc study-
lug the Spanish language than ever before.
JiiKt tinOum. .
Philadelphia Times.
And yet , those people who arc so sure
the nineteenth century ends this month
will bo among the first to write 1S99 on their
next year's letters.
Ilt'llpf III Slitlit.
Now York 'Herald.
Ohio's supreme court has decided that tele
phones should bo taxed on their rental value.
A general application of this principle- would
probably bring the relief a long impcsed-
on public 1ms sought from the extortionate
charges of this monopoly.
lirt'iitni-HM I'n ( Ted Ifp ,
Washington Post.
There are some men who feel that the
highest round of greatness has not been
achieved until they have been tucked away
In a puVlic office with a colored gentle-
mnn stationed at the door to keep out the
fellows who whooped it up for them.
ICIM ! Tlilni N In tin * Tronic1 * ,
Qloho-Democrat.
Unclu Sam's now refrigerator at Manila
will bo a building 250 feet gr"aro | and 45
feet high. In addition to preserving ra
tions It will produce dally fifty tons of Ice
and 0,000 gallono of distilled water. No
coldlers on enrth are treated as well as
thnso of the United States , and they de-
Hcrvo all they get.
Jiowi.s OK I : I.KIIT.
Tullllilf In Trust Slin'I.N Tli'ldi'N ( lie
Ciiliiinlly Croud.
J. StcrllnE Morton's Conservative.
The organs of populism are now gloating
over a few bank failures caused by the
tumble of trust Blocks and other Boap-bub-
blo ( securities. De-pnlpltlzcd preachers and
other crcedksB , prlnclpleless oxhortcrs for '
the money fallacies no\v howl with triumph
from Texas to Idaho. Heal ruin , absolute
poverty , desolation and despair are the nor-
mil conditions out of which pnpullstfi and
their oracles are evolved. The recent Hurry
In Wall street , which alone furnishes j
money for the game of draw poKer and
takes tjio playing cards as security has
been to liryanarchy a new breath of llfo.
All Its oratorn. all Its newspapers , hnvn
flapped their bands with Joy nnd crowed
as though the morning of a universal
money panic h.ad already dawned. The In
cident has merely 'brought ' Into very gen
eral notice the fact that populism , fusion ,
sophistry In finance and flatulent oratory
can flourish only In times of disaster , an
flro-flli'H or Juno bilge arc visible < nly In
darknetB.
Will somebody start a subscription to
raUo money to bring nn a financial bliz
zard , an economic cyclono. so that cru-
cillxidiu on croepca of geld , nnd also crowns
of ( home may be iilufid ulililii the loach !
of th ( ' piain people In-fore Ihe (
of IHIIO li < "RiiiH ' "My frii n K. ihe
trubi in ihe moucy liuat , but If jou
trust , it mutt bust. "
AHVAM-I : IN Mr.mr.vi. srn\ri- : .
\ \ l flrnilrx of "l.lfc Kl lIrs" 1)1) ,
fovorril i-nil Viillcil. | |
Hnltlmorp Sun.
i Thp close of this present ycnr of prsci
> Ins been distinguished by a gratifying tyl
vanro In the medical science. Prof
I I Mctchnlkoff , til Paris , hns discovered "ilic
, elixir of life , " and n remedy for typholi !
fever hns been fctind nt the Smith Innrmarj
on Slnten Isl.ind. Jn view of Mio first
.discovery It might be considered that thi
second one Is unnecessary , but the rcmely
Itself Is so plrnsa it that even If the patlentr
, were- net actually suffering with the fdvo :
they mlRlit be anxious to take the reined ) .
Theodore- . Thoificn was to desperately 111
with typhoid that the physlclnns abandoned
hope nnd the undertakers \yerc lit confident
I expectation of a Job. As a last resort n
marriage ceremony was -decided upon ,
I Thorscn wished to be married before he
died nnd Miss .Mary Xllscu , having n
i woman's natural desire to become a widow ,
consented to bo the bride. Hut there la
j many a slip 'twlxt cup and lip , nnd Miss
i .Vllsoii Is not n widow after nil. Up to the
I time of the ceremony Thorsen seemed to lose
| hope and courage nnd was rapidly sinking.
' Immediately after the ceremony the patient
i appeared brighter nnd hns since continued to
i Improve so that his final restoration to
health scccns to be n matter of a few dnyo.
i The Htory cf the old woman who followed n
jblshtp around and wan continued n number
, of times because she had found It good for
rheumatism Is n famtllnr one. Hut the cure
of typhoid fever by the marriage ceremony
Is a discovery which will make the last
week of the year 1KW ! famous In the
centuries. The Improvement In Mr. Thorson's
case was so quick nnd decided that
matrimony will doubtless soon become the
recognized treatment in such cases. Uut
Its adoption Is not without Us drawbacks.
It It becomes a part of the duty of the
trained nurses to marry the typhoid patients
there , will be such nn alarming epidemic
of typhoid fever among the young bachelors
that the hospitals will have to be enlarged.
The trained nurse Is a very attractive and
delightful young personage , and In her
professional uniform she looks morn beauti
ful than any bride dressed In tulle dc solo
with hat nnd gloves to match and carrying
brldo roses. No longer ago than last week
a young ninn In n hospital ward complained
that his nurse had golden hair nnd n
Oreclnn profile to such an extent that when
she felt Ills pulse It wont up to 17. and she
thought ho had fever nnd dosed him accord
ingly. At another time the contemplation of
her beauty agitated him to such a degree
that ho nearly swallowed a thermometer
worth several dollars.
Hut wo hod almost forgotten the elixir
of life. Prof. Mctclmlkoff by an adroit In
fusion of the blood of the guinea pig into
the rabbit and the blood of the rabbit so
modified back Into the guinea pig , nnd then
by the Infusion of the. blood so variously
modified Into something else , finds that In
three or four days the red corpuscles con
tained in a cubic millimeter of blood had
Increased from 3,000,000 to S.000,000. This
Important discovery Insures the Indefinite
prolongation of human life nnd knocks the
Coffln trust silly. The great obstacle In the
way of long Ufe heretofore has been the
weakening effect of ago upon the noble cells.
This flxed-up guinea pig blood nets as a
reinforcement ot the noble cells in their
contest with the plebcJan cells and by this
aid the latter are kept In subjection.
h AMI OTHERWISE.
Wo are up against another kicking spell.
The geographical board Insists that It should
bo spelled Puerto Rico.
The largest Christmas present yet
recorded Is the purse of $120,000 which the
American Express company distributed
among Us employes. Each employe got
a $3 gold piece.
Down In St. Louis an Industrious burglar
throw up bis Job and fled at the sight of a
newspaper reporter. Naturally. People
who work In the dork have a wholesome
fear of a searchlight.
iA Now Jersey patriot Is organizing a
brigade of COO cats for service In the Philip
pines. Notwithstanding sneers to the con
trary , Now Jersey is keeping stop to the
music of tbo administration.
'Matrimonial ' activity gets a , variety of re
wards in this glorious republic. At Roches
ter , N. Y. , n , man who accumulated three
wives was sent to the penitentiary ; In Utah
they sent ono ito congress ; while In Sulu
such Industry Insures a pension.
lAn athletic salutor In Now York cordially
slapped a friend on the back and broke
bis neck. ( Muscular friendliness of this
kind Is calculated to produce an atmosphere
of solemn prosperity In the coroner's office.
lAs long ago as October 27 General Sir
lledvcrs Buller wrote a note denying the
story that ho would eat his Christmas din
ner In Pretoria. As a contribution to the
gaiety of nations the story served a good
purposo.
The bar association of Chicago solemnly
condemns as unprofessional the conduct of
a lawyer who sent out circulars adventlslng
his business and soliciting patronage. It
Is much more dignified to break Into news
paper columns , and costs less.
Senator Hoar amuses himself by com
piling odd statistics. ' The other day ho
said ho had found that 9 , " ) per cent of the
present congressmen wear frock coats and
silk hats to the session , but that a majority
of thu senators stick to business suits. .
There were sound common FCIISO nnd prac
tical human sympathy In the Injunction of
a dying Now Yorker who urged his friends
not to send flowers to his funeral , but cpend
the money upon the poor Instead. There
Is a text for a good sermon in that ad
vice.
vice.Tho
The Georgia legislature dually passed the
law requiring the payment of licenses for
dogs on pain of death , nnd It was signed
by the governor. It Is expected to reduce
the number of "worthless curs" In the stnto
greatly and the farmcra fondly hope that
the raising of sheep will henceforth be
profitable.
The recorder of I'aterson , N. J. , has de
cided that shaving on Sunday Is a neces
sity ml has dismissed the charges ngulnst
all the barbers who were arraigned under
the Sunday law. Now the Methodist min
isters of Ulii- city are organizing to secure
the removal of the recorder and the pas-
Bago of a law making Sunday shaving a
specific misdemeanor.
Probably the most haltlo-Fcarred hero of
th Trammml war up to datu is lieutenant
Melklcjohn of the Gordon Highlanders. At
Hlandelaagto ho received three bullets
through his upper right arm , ono through
the left forearm , ono through the thigh ,
two through hl helmet , a snick In the neck ,
ono of his fingers blown away and hU
sword and ecabbard were shot to pieces.
Admiral Dcwoy Is expected In Ninv York
on February G to attend a Damroach concert
In aid of the Dewey firch fund and after
ward attend a dinner of the loyal Ie-
glon. The Brooklyn Union League club
has liwltcd 'him ' to attend n reception In
his honor some time next year. The
Emerald sooloty of Hrcoklyn has nleo In-
vKed the admiral to bo Its guest of honor
at its coming annual ball.
Raymond 0. Kcont-y , a Yale student , or
dered u fU-rlit to kend homo fowoii ! to n
chorus girl In the "Geisha" company last
year. This year , long after the flowers had
faded and the chorus girl had flitted , the
IlurUt brought null for hU bill. The do-
fcnsb WUH that young Kot-ney was kgally
an Infant and that ( lowers fi-r < i choriib firl
win- luxjry for whirb hl failn-r could nai
he < iimpc-Urd lo pay The Judge rrfuvei r >
aitmu thin point and found a verdict of UO
and coats for the plaintiff.
SKCIIlt SHOTS IT Till' IM U'lT.
Minneapolis Journal : Inn Madmen hi *
propounded tlip question : "Should Old
Clergymen ho Shot ? " No. probably not.
Hut there are some of the younger brethren
who might profitably be say , half shot.
1'loncer Piess : "A California rabbi has
been prencjilng a sermon on the subject :
" \Vlml Need Have Wo for Hell ? " Well ,
some of us could doubtless dispense with It.
Hut If permanently abolished II "might be
sadly missed In circles where repartee
abounds.
San Kranrlaco rail : A local "preacher has
arrived nt the conciliate * ! that man , con
sidered from every point of view that maybe
bo suggested by his nccc-sallles , has no need
S
, for hell , That preac-her must have been
studying the signs of the times or reading
the reports of the war In South Africa.
Cleveland I'laln Dealer : Probably the
best paid pastor In the country will bo the
new one nt New York's Klflh Avenue *
Presbyterlnd church. He Is to receive $12.-
000 and the use of a fine residence. lie
knew what ho was about when ho hesitated
over his acceptance. They speedily showed
! him that money was no object.
| Hnston Globe : At n rescue meeting In
Now Jersey the other night a hardened
criminal came In and expressed his doslro
to repent of his sins. These sins were of
so shocking a nature that upon his calling
for pinyorn ono of the brethren slipped out
and called hi a policeman , who arrested hkn.
There seems to bo such a thing as overdoing
even repentance.
Minneapolis Times : During service last
Sunday a clergyman ut Mnrlnette , WIs. ,
glanced out of the window and saw n thief
carrying awny a lot of plunder from the
parsonage. The parson shucked his robes
nnd gave chase , overtaking the robber and
turning him over to tinpolice. . That Is a
great deal belter than engaging In a live-
round go with a saloonkeeper In n red barn.
Chicago Chronicle : The last words of
"Hrothcr" Mooily have been reported for the
press. As ho passed Into the death agony
he Is said to have exclaimed : "I see- earth
receding ; heaven Is opening ; Oed Is calling
" " " have used
me. "Urothcr" Moody might
this language of ecstasy In the pulpit , but no
deathbed eloquence over was us elaborate as
this specimen. Nearly all deathbed
eloquence Is Imaginary.
DOMESTIC IM.HASA.VrillHS.
rMilcugo News : "Why did 1 ever marry ? "
shu HlgliiMl , with the dregs of bitterness in
her words.
"liccaitsu I asked you , " he responded with
a sardonic tfmlle.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Do you think ,
dear , you would lovu mo any better It my
linlr were some other color ? "
"I don't know. What other colors have
you ? "
Somervlllo Journal : Young Man Will
you bo my wife ?
Young Woman I am sorry to say 1 nun
engagwl myself , but you 'will ' like my sister
just as well.
Washington Star : "Are you 'going to
give up any of your old ImbltH ? "
"Yo.M , " answered the mini , with a do-
tlnnt air ; "one. I'm going to give , up this
old , old habit oC swearing off every New
Year day. "
'Boston ' Transcript : Harriet If you are
real good , Tom , I'll throw you a kiss when
you go home.
Tom Harriet , don't you know a woman
can't throw straight ? You lind better bring
it to me ; or shall I comu after It ?
Indianapolis Journal : "Thomas , the Indi
cations from tbo weather bureau say "
"Don't waste limo on the indications
from the weather bureau ; read me the In
dications from the coal iburenu. "
Harlem I lfe : "George , father has foiled. "
"That's just like him. I told you nil
along , darling , that ho was going to do
all ho could to keep us from marrying. "
Detroit Free Press : HuHband That tramp
I met at the gate told me ho weighed 250
pounds.
Wife AVbat a story teller ! AVhy , ho _
mo when 1 fed him that bo only weighed
a hundred.
Husband Yes , my dear , but that wns
before Jie 'had eaten those biscuits ot
yours.
Chicago Tribune : "Skewjaw , what ia
irhc trouble between you and .Miss l > ye ! "
"Tho trouble. Is this : AVe decided two or
three years ago to be married at the be
ginning of the twentieth century. Bh
takes the nTisurd ground that It begins
January 1 , 1'JQO. -want to marry , of course
as much as she does , .but . I simply won't
yield to any such ridiculous contention ! "
31Y KUIH.MJ.
I have a friend who often leans
For hours acaltiHt the wall ,
Without a word from her round lips
"With ne'er a sound at nil.
And then her voice rings out
In tonen both loud and clear.
Commanding mo to come right quick
And talk Into her ear.
Sometimes her words are harsh and slcrn ;
Again they're soft nnd low
Hut over when 1 speak to her
She greets mo with "Halloa ! "
Her health is always pretty good ,
Sho'M seldom out of order-
But If her board were not so cheap
I could not well afford her.
And yet worn I to part with her ,
My loss I would bemoan ,
For who can keep their business straight
Without a telephone ?
. . , GK.ACE SOIU3NSON ,
Portland , Ore.
And a prosperous one Is ex
tended our friends and our
enemies as well , If we have
any.
any.May misfortune follow , but
never overtake you.
A prosperous year to us
1ms smoothed the wrinkles of
discontent and wo oxclalm
today from a Joyous heart :
GOOD WILL AND PEACE
TO ALU
Our store will be closed all
day Monday , Now Year's
Day , and during iho munlhs
of January and February , In v <
stead of Jti p. in. Saturdays ,
we will clo-o promptly at i )
i > . m.
