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TJIlfl OMAHA DAILY 13E : MONDAY , .lAM'AKY 1 , 15)00. ) THE OMAHA DAILY DU K UOSLWATEH , KJItor. 1'UHLISHED BVERY MuHNINO. TERMS OK St'lUj- . . . . - - Dally Hfo ( without Sumliiy'6no ) Year.$0.0) Dally Hee and Sundny , Ono Yenr. . . . . . . . S.po Dally1 , Sunday nnd lllustrntcd , Ono Year S.25 Slirlllny and Illunlralc-d , Ono Yenr 2.J5 lllllHtrntfd Hep , One Yoor 2.00 Sunday Hee , One Yenr 2.00 Saturday Hee , nnu Year J-w Weekly Hco. One Yenr 65 OKKICKS. Oinnhn : The Heo HtllMIng. South Omnlm : City Hull Building , TwentJ-flfth and N streets. Council liluffs : 10 Pearl street. ChlciiBo : 104D Unity Building. New York : Temple C'otirt. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Sircol. COUHESPONDKNCE. Communlcnltons relating to news und edi torial matter should be addressed : Omaha Hce , Kdllorlal Dejmrlmenl. UUSINKSS LKTTEIIS. Tllislne-SH tellera nnd remlllances should bo uddrussed : The Hco Publishing Com pany , Omahii. UEM1TTANCE3. Uemll.by drafl. oxprots or postal order , liayatiln to The Hee Publishing Company. Only 2-cenl slamps nccepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personnl ehek . l-xcept on Oiniiba or Kiislcrn exehniiRc , mil iiccepled. TUB I1KK PUHLISHINO COMPANY. STATK.MI-J.NT OP ClItCllliATIU.V. Stale of Nebrnskn , Douglas Counly , HS. : ficorgn II. Tzsehuck , secretary of The Hee PubllHhlng Company , being duly sworn , say.H Unit tin ; nclual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday 13ee , printed during the month of November , WM. wiis us fol lows : Less unsold nnd returned copies. . . . ll.taa : Net total sales . .7llo.nit : ( Ne't dally average . ailM , : GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn bolorc me this 1st Oay of December. A. P. f - NOATE. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. A .tlnrvcl of K Minneapolis' Times. The Omaha Illustrated Heo la a weekly magazine published by The Ilee company. The Christmas num ber la a marvel of lyponrnphleul beauty and literary excellence. Kvcry feature of an up-to-date mng- azlno Is embraced In Its contents and Its loyalty to Omaha and the west Is evIdencoJ by numerous spe- clnl features handsomely Illustrated. Happy Now Ycnr to sill. Write It 1000 from toilny on. 'l'h ( > king Is dead ! 1-oni ; 11 vo the king ! Coiuntroller nawi-s is not afraid to hanilio the Ivust evils wllhout kill gloves. Dr. Knsor proposes to turn over a new leaf and allow himself to lie nominated for mayor of South Omaha. . Iowa's hardest political buttle , we are told , Is to be fought next week. In pol itics , atrln war , the last battle is always the greatest battle. Omaha's new federal building lias settled nearly six indies. That is just what was predicted by The lee ! when it was located near an old creek bed. Omnha democrats are not dNtressin ; ; themselves over primary election iv- form or voting machines. Their ma chine works the same winter and sum mer. * The new year Is ushered In with an open door to China and the new cen tury may witness the opening of all the doors to all the other countries on the globe. It may be safely set down as one of the predictions for the new year that. Nebraska will not send a regiment of volunteers-to Africa to light either the British or the Hoers. The gold production of the whole United States for ISO ! ) Is computed at a fraction more than $70,000 ( Hit ) . The grain production of Nebraska for -the year ISM will exceed ST.'i.OW.OlW in gold. Most of the people debating for the Crawford county system in ihe coming republican primaries would like to have a guaranty that their candidates would be nominated. If not , they are agin' reform. The glass trust has decided to reopen MB factories , but the prlce.s of glassware are not likely to recede for some time to come , as the prospectus tells us 'that production will be limited by ihe scarc ity of blowers. lieneral I'linston's heroic swim of ( lie Baghag has been once more revamped by an Associated Press dispatch from .Minneapolis. The next time the story bobs up It will come from Xigzag and tell about dodging | ce-i.iles between strokes. Oregon will soon bo lorn up by the woman suffrage question , which Is to bo voted on at Its next election In the Khapo of a constitutional amendment. This will give another opportunity to the emotional members o'f both sexes to open their safety valves. The Kansas congressman who achieved notoriety by Miorlng on ( lie tloor of ( lie lioufo has ended his life by the suicide route. This Is certainly re markable , as ouo would naturally sup pose that those who had to listen to his snoring would bo affected first. The. air line railroad from the gulf to the north polo projected homo years ago has taken bhape. The special state rail way commissioner , general manager and superintendent of the Nebraska link ofAlliIs great paper highway has held a conference with ( Jovernor 1'oyn- ter concerning this colossal enterprise which may contldently ho expected to bo In full operation by A. 1) . 5000. fs f > i A 11 v/r/M It N snld thai \\lien N''r\e a i viewing the mighty army with whi. h lu < was to Invade < ! rcorp , he wept at the thought that in one hundred years everyone - eryono In that Immense throng would be dead. What wonderful changes even a century will bring ! > pass. Contrast 1SW and HKH ) . Then our na tion was small and weak ; today It is mighty. Thou slavery flourished ; iV day universal liberty provalK The armies of 18W ) fought with tllntlocks ; today they kill with long-distance rllles. Then wooden warship * sc.iured the seas ; now the mighty battleship , like a Hlcol-clad Iloatlng fort , pushes 1U huge bulk through thi waves at a rale of speed that would have amaxed Admiral Nelson , and hurls huge projectiles that would IIIIVP slruck Commodore Terry dumb with wonder. I low surprised Admiral Farragut would be could he In spect a modern submarine topudo boat. How Captain Hull would have exulted ( mid he have lined the battered sides of the frigate Constitution with mod ern arniiir plates. How Napoleon's eyes would stick out could he return to earth nnd Inspect a modern magazine gun. How happy Wellington would have been could he have armed his troops with Winchester repeating rllles. and what a grim smile would have Illumi nated the Impassive features of ( Son era 1 Cranl could he have hurled Into the rebel ranks a storm of explosive missiles propelled by smokeless powder. One hundred years ngo war was the only means of settling International disputes. Today arbitration almost uni versally prevails. The perfection with which engines of war are now con structed lias demonstrated the fact that , war must result in total annihilation of one or both armies engaged. Who can deny that this Is one cause of the pre vailing sentiment in favor of arbitra tion V The tields of peace tlnd still greater contrasts. Think how recently some of our commonest conveniences were in troduced ? How happy Washington would have been could he have lighted ( lie lire at Mount Vernon with a mod ern safety match Instead of the old- fashioned "Hint and steel. " How .lef- forson would have rejoiced could he have gilded to Washington in a palace car at the rate of sixty miles an hour , Instead of traveling along In a lumber ing stagecoach. How Sir Walter Scott would have rat tled off the Waverly novels could lie have leaned back In an easy chair In his library at Ablmttsford and have dic tated them to a stenographer. .John Adams never dreamed of a modern coal stove , and could Daniel Webster have heated his place at Marshtield with a hot air furnace lie would have deemed it the height of comfort and luxury. Abraham Lincoln never saw an electric light nor Imperilled his dignity by dodg ing the trolley ear. He had his lirst In augural address printed In order that he might read It. How much valuable time would have been saved could he have reeled oil' his olliclal documents on the modern typewriter. Benjamin Franklin never saw a photograph. James A. ( Jar- lield never saw a pneumatic-tired bi cycle or heard the jingle of electric bells In the White house. Alfred Tennyson never know that a man's bones could be photographed through his flesh. Turning to the moral realm we llnd equally great advancement. Had Alex ander Hamilton lived today he would not have thrown away his life to satisfy ti false Idea of honor. A century ago drinking was a universal custom. Min isters were offended If not offered a glass of liquor while making pastoral calls. Today drinking Is the exception. One hundred yiars ago a multitude of crimes wen1 punishable by death ; to day murder alone is expiated by a hu man life. Truly this has been a most wonderful century , but the end is not yet. The next one hundred years promises to dis close such marvels as will make our boasted discoveries seem insignilicant. An effort will be made to Induce con gress to authorize the granting of fran chises in Culm , now forbidden by the action of the last congress. The effort will be directed from Cuba , as indi cated In a circular signed by parties who style themselves "Cuban'Industrial commissioners , " and will undoubtedly have some lulluentlal backing In this country from syndicates and specu- 1 lators who desire an opportunity to ex ploit the island. The circular states that Cuba is sufferinp ; because In the absence of franchises capital cannot ho in vested and labor employed in these works which develop and enrich a coun try and urges that there is no place where the power to grant franchises "can be with greater safety entrusted than in the executive and the military arm of the I'liited States. " We have heretofore referred to this matter , when It was lirst Indicated that nil organised effort would probably bu made to secure the repeal of the Fornker amendment forbidding the granting of franchises In Cuba , urging that the en tirely wise and proper position taken by the last congress should lie adhered to. We have seen no reason since to change this view and Indeed subse quent events have served to strengthen It. This government has no right to grant franchises In Cuba. Wo fully concur In what the Philadelphia North American says regarding tin ; matter : "Cuba not being OHM , we ha o no right to dispose of grants which would bind its owners for long terms of years , tak ing from their control corporations whose reason for existence Is that they render public service In return for val uable privileges. " Admit that Cuba would be benetltcd Industrially and commercially by the granting of fran chises , still It Is no part of the duty of this government to promote this by taking out of the hands of the Cuban people , t-oon to establish an Independ ent government , the privilege of exer cising one of the most Important powers of sovereignly. However fairly nnd honestly our government might bo In granting franchises , It would yet be a usurpation of a power which belongs tn thi' pr < ph > of ruli.i mi. ) could not he .HHtlllt-u upon nn > Jirete\t ( lovornor lieiternl Wood ha- , refused to allow munlripalltlos to grant private contracts until Miry have been elected and the will of the people thus made known. The wisdom of lids action Is unquestionable and the principle nji- , piles to the question of granting frnn- J ehlse-i by this government. When Cuba has an Independent government one of j Us most Important and valuable rights will he that of granting franchises and the i'nltod Slates government should do nothing that will Interfere with Its full exercise. The syndicates nnd spec ulators that are eager to exploit Cuba can wait. We are quite conlldeiit that their efforts to secure the favor of con gress will be unavailing. nn : itniTiFii vBfj.iM.vnr. The organization of the yeomanry of | Kugland for service in South Africa Is an incident of the present conlllct which strongly emphaslx.es the loyalty of the people to the government and the stern , determination to sustain British prestige - | tige and power. The men who are thus offering themselves for military service , constitute , In respect to their condition in life , a most respectable element of the population. The yeomanry consists ' largely of farmers and each man pro- j vldes his horse , , for this is to be a mounted force. The patriotic impulse of these people has drawn many to their ranks who do not belong to their class and It has also roused some of the no bility to a sense of their duty to the country. The movement for organizing tlie yeomanry was started by Lord ( Mies- ham and many other noblemen are now taking part In It. prominent among them being the duke of Marlborough. That young man , in whom Americans may be supposed to take some little In terest , sliould have good lighting blood in him and If so he will tlnd abundant opportunity in South Africa to show It. How effective this force of yeomanry will he in lighting the Boers it is im possible to say , but imbued as these volunteers manifestly are with a high sense of patriotic duty it is to lie ex pected that they will make a most cred itable record in war. There will not be lacking the strongest incentive as well as the amplest opportunity for heroic deeds. In their distinctive character they can feel that the eyes of England are upon them and that whatever they do will not faP to obtain merited recog nition. At all events , they are setting a most commendable example to their countrymen and are doing their part to assure the world that the Englishmen of today are not less loyal and patriotic i than their ancestors. Many of them | may never return , but their devotion to their country will not be forgotten. The organization of the British yeomanry for service in South Africa is one of the impressive incidents of the deplorable conflict. UltYAXTS CUMMKAD.llilsK KXAMI'CK. The report of Wilbur F. Bryant , late commissioner of insurance for the pe riod covered by his incumbency of the j ollice emphasizes the imperative neces sity' for a revision of the insurance laws ! of Nebraska along the lines of the act just declared unconstitutional by the > supreme court. This does not neces sarily imply that the supervision of insurance - i surance companies can not be etliclently | carried on by the state auditor , but that j the methods heretofore employed have I not met the demand either of the policyholders - holders or the companies. While Mr. Bryant was from the out set handicapped by the controveisy over ids right to exercise the functions of Insurance commissioner , lie has Indi cated what can be done to correct j abuses and introduce reforms into that j department. Had lie been continued in j ids position there Is no doubt the state i would have been materially benelitcd ! by his administration and the general public enjoyed better protection against insurance imposture than can be possi ble under the old law. In accepting the decision of the court as linul , without resorting to the usual dilatory tactics and demands for re hearing. Mr. Bryant has set an example to his party which its representatives in ollice would do well to emulate. I.IU.tlir "Kit-mill HIM * . " Globe-Uomot-nH. The Industrie ! ) of the country are as [ IB a rock and too busy to give any attention to speculative ripples and eddies. AiiollH-r ( 'cllnr.v Hull , I.oulsvlllti Courier Journal. These people who are InslstlnK that there are only nlnety-nlno years In a century would slap a man In jull If ho attempted { to ptiFt * off nn thorn ninety-nine ; cent * * as a dollar. HorNii'l lilviI'p lo Illxlllin - . Chicago Tlmef-IIurald. They call Emperor William the war lord , but Onrmnny is almost the only country of any consequence that ha.-m't been mixed up In an UK ! ) ' wtir of Home kind for almost thirty years. Value of ( lie Ilium * rail. St. Paul I'lnneor Press. The formation of an American Panaiun caunl company , In crJcr that American la- tlucnco mlfiht bu bronchi to hear on the concessionaires who are still proving dllll- cult , Is something of a trlbuto to American j Influence , though In theno days It Is ncnrcely | moro than the straw that llles with the wind. Solemn ( 'onnrcK lonil Humor , St. l.ouln Republic- . The humor and Joking which men inject Into debates on Ferlous subject. ! ! nii'lud one of the Jokes brought to the J editor by the sleazy , sadfaced man who enld : ; "I wlah you would pick out any of these | jokeu you can use. 1 was working on them all night and I need the money to bury my poor wlfo. " ! lo\v ( o Mulcc * AVt-r a llr ! Nlim. Loul3Vlllo Courier-Journal. It IK hardly necewary to explain that the great number of pension duplications by soldleiti of the Spanish war Is duo to the activity of the pension attorneys. Ono way ' to make wara a blessing would bo by International - i national agreement requiring that they bo ! fought oul by pension attorneys nnd j blather-skill ) politicians ) who bring on war. Conl of a Colonial SjMnu , SprlUKllnld ( Mats. ) Kepubllran. Germany's profits from her colonies la IS9S were eomeihlng prodigiously painful. The "bookkeeping amounted to this : Total Imports and exports between colonies and Germany , ? 3.DPI.COO : government su slJles to assist colonies and protectorates , $3Ci"- ooo Ins. ' $10j " , M \D < 1 m th'.M' ' flgurrs ar > - not In-ludF't ih. i\t % < tifii'4 , it Samoa tm , SSiio.ooo pnld In airnmshlp co'npftnlrs n ir expenditures for dl i : 'ii navnl sMtlon- . post routtfi nnd telrgnph MTVICC. Invention' Oiilriinntiitr ISntnro. Philadelphia Pro * * . Science and Invention are moving at lee swift a pace for tinttiro. It Imn only been In comparatively recent yenrs , less limn n generation , that the use of wood palp came Into general use In the mmiufnrtui-p of paper. Uut the rapid and Increased demand for newspapers Is exhausting the supplier of wood necessary for Its production , mid now the Inventivecinhis of man IH being taxed to find a substitute for the wood which took the place of MRS nnd other nui- lorlnls In paper manufacture but a few years ago. American Coal Abroad. loson ) ; Clloho. It will surprise many people to know that American coal Is already being shipped to llaly. Allhough our shipments of "black diamonds" abroad form al present bill n comparatively smalt amounts less than 4.000,000 tons last year , of a total output of 100,000,000 "long ions" there Is prospect of a speedy Increase In our coal exports la the near future. According to statistics which are said to bo reliable thp United Status la producing moro than n fourth of the coal output of the cnllrc world nnd al the lowest cost per ton reached In any country. On thu other hand , Iho cost of coal production la the old world stciullly Increases becaueo ot the ( lllllcultles attending mining nt the great depth to which It Is now necessary lo re sort. Postal Saving * HmiUit. Chicago Hecord. The American Federation of Labor at Its Detroit convention realllrmcd thu declara tions of the two preceding annual conven tions In favor of postal savings banks. In BO doing the convcnllon gave oxprcHslon to iho sentiment of the onllro body of intelligent worklngmcn of the country , both organized and unorganized. This demand for safe depositories for small savings Is not now , but Us frequent Iteration Indicates Iho strength of the popular desire for the estab lishment of the postal avlngs system. When will Ihe united voice of labor , which In this Instance speaks also the sentiment of the agricultural communities and of per sons of moderate Incomes , be heeded by con gress ? Here Is a chance for the government at Washington to do something for the people ple that will be appreciated In every sec tion of the .country. .MlSSOrill VAI.U3V SIIIIMMJIIS. \oct-NNltv For mill . \ilvniilnm-N of n Strong Organization. Kansas City Star. The Missouri Illver Shipper ; * ' association , which was organized In Kansas rily Wednes day by representative merchants of Omaha , St. Joseph , AtchlEon and Kansas City , prom ises to be an effective moans for accom plishing much good for the commercial In terests of the west In Ihelr relations to the railroads. The importance of this organ ization was clearly stated by Xlr. W. S. Dickey yesterday when ho said : "There Is not a chain of cities in the country where the shipping Interests are so Identical as those of the towns Included In this asso ciation. " These Misbourl river cities have an ag gregate population of closjo to 500,000 people ple , and thpy are the distributing centers for a population of more than 5,000,000 people ple , living In the section of the country which Is destined to make a greater growth in the next , ten years than any other part of the country. These cities have practically the same freight rates from the east and from the west. They labor under like dis advantages and have to contend with the same railroad discrimination. Their Inter ests in this regard are Identical. There are , of course , BCTUO matters In which they cannot act together , and they overlap one another's Holds of trade nnd compete keenly with one another for business. Hut In many important regards they are able to act to gether In working for equitable and fall- treatment from the railroads , just as com peting merchants and manufacturers In Kan sas City are able to do. Working together , they can have much more Influence than each city by Itself can have. The particular purpose which brought about their organization for united effort is to fight the new classifications of freight which the railroads have adopted. These have the effect of advancing freight charge.s on many commodities nnd of handicapping the jobbers and wholesalers who accumu late largo sleeks of goods for the con venience of the retail merchants all over the west. But there are other matters In which the Missouri river cities are mutually concerned. If the members of this association can keep down petty jealonsicH and pull together aggressively for the objects In which all of them are interested , the organization will accomplish much good. I'KHSO.VAI. AMI OTIIHHVVISK. Don Cameron , once such a commanding flcnre In Pennsylvania politics , Is now , he siiya , "out of public life and accordingly enjoying mysolf. " C. I > . Hunting-Ion Is now the only survivor of the great "Southern Pacific quartet , " com posed of Stanford , Crocker , Hopkins and hlm- elf , and ho now owns three-foilrths of the stock of the road. The name of Sapiuol Smiles has been so long forgotten by the reading public that nmny will probably bo surprised to learn that the author of "Self Help" Is Htlll alive. He llvrw In London. In 1SS3 three now famous men were nt the University of Strnpburg Uoenlgeii , I'nder- evsekl and Tesla. Then Hoentgen wa.s a pro- fCHBor of physlcH , I'aderewskl was an In structor In music and Trfilavas limtalllng thy electric light plant at ilio university. There Is n now Income tax law In South Carolina this year affecting all Incomes over $2,500 , but an th collections In only two counllca exceed $1,000. there can't bo much difference between the clasEcs and the masses In thai mute. S. S. McClure. ihe publisher , told the Nineteenth Century club in Now York the other day that the beat literature of the pant fifteen years had been printed lu daily nowBpopcrH. They Introduced Kipling. Stevenson - venson , Hardy. Doyle , Meredllh , Harrlo nnd Weynmn. At a dinner in Nrw York recently aomo- ono Jokingly commented on prohibition In Maine. Kx Speaker Heed , whoae turn came later , defended JilR old liom ; > against the "mistaken view of the result of prohibition there. " Ho .said It Imd resulted | n Maine men losing nil taste for liquor. This was met with howls of Oerlrlon and sarcantl ? latigtmr , hut Mr. Heed never cracked n errllc. Ho fia.tr ] the popular mistake was due to the fact that whenever a New Yorker \\tnt to Maine the hospitable people of Unit stale broke the rule and gave him drink only to gave his life. The officers of the National City bank of New York , which Secretary fJage lias made the depository of the 11,000,000 a day Inter nal revenue receipts , arc credited with the ambition of making It as large and powerful as the Hank of England. It lias recently bought thu old custom hotiFt and site In Wall street from the govermncnl , and If it should use tlio old building for a banking houfe , Its mightiness would bo well ex emplified in un architectural way. Its de posits amount lo over f 100.000,000. or about onc-tiiventh of [ lie aggregate deposits af all thu Uty-llve clearing house fnutitutlona put logetbor. f MIHH 01' Till' V\TI | < IMir.SS. ! Hi-nvrr C1v : Tttbtinr Wl".n . .Indue din- 1 nfncham H. Scot i < f Oni din retires from the district bench , as he will next week , there Mill br no one nblo to sit In bis place. There Is not a Jurlft la Nf'bra.'ka small raouRli to crowd into It. Holdrcge Citizen ( rrp. ) : Thp supreme court hfl < , decided llint the Stale Hoard of Transportation has power to regulate ex press rates. If the board boa power to rpgalalp express rates It certainly ought to hnve power to regulate freight rates. H remains to bo seen how much regulating will bo dotip. The people ot Nebraska would like to see something actually attempted benidr making n grandstand play. The pop ulist oratora hove for a long time told how anxious they wrro lo help Iho people of Nebraska out of the dominion of corpora tion bomlngp. When Is the delivery to bu attempted ? Norfolk News : The Omaha tlee Is af fording an opportunity for the mayors of the various elites throughout the state to express the needs of their towns In tbc I way of now enterprises and to tell what | opportunities nro offered for the Invest ment of capital. A large majority of the mayors think their towns especially ca- pnblo of handling n beet sugar factory and I there Is no question in Ihelr minds bill 'thai ' Ihe raw material could bo readily jiro- i cured. The beet sugar Industry is umloubt- erly ono of ihe most popular enterprises of t'ho ' state and fortunately Norfolk Is the location of one of these valued Institu tions. Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : There appears to jo abundant reason why 1'rof. Andrewn , Htiporlnlendcnl of iho Chicago schools , who has been dlscus-ncd ns a possibility for iho chancellorship of ihe Nebraska unlversliy , should be considered entirely out of the question. The manner of his withdrawn ! , from Drown unlversliy and the Imbroglio In which he hag Involved the Chicago Hoard of Education Indicate that ho Is a trouble- Koine number wherever he may be. The complaint that comes from Chicago Is that ho attempts to exercise all the prerogatives that are- supposed to be properly distributed between himself and the Hoard of Educa tion , and the protest against this one-man power should be sulllclent warning lo Ne braska to lot him quite severely alone. Hastings Hecord ( rep. ) : The State Hoard of Transportation has finally been goad d to Nlo something and has submitted a lot of freight bills to the attorney general wl'.h a hope of procuring a breathing spell from the attacks being made upon It by fusion papers. The trouble seems to be about the railroads charging freight rates on an i.M carload schedule In violation of one of the board's modern rules. The whole mailer Is a bluff. The- penalty for violating the Transportation Hoard's order Is from $300 to $1,000 In each and every offense , and the j budget of freight receipts representing the j violations would make n f.ffr sized lounging i cushion and break all HIP roads In the Htnto I to comply with therequest. . Hut It Is up i to the attorney general now , and the three lazy members of the board ) vlll stretch and yawn till spring , when they will organize a | little junketing party and fish for brojk i trout In the mountains. j I'apllllon Times ( dem. ) : Now that the , supreme court has widened the powers of the board wo hope and believe the secretaries will promptly give the people of the stale relief from the robbing pracllces of the pub- I He corporations. We say we believe the ' secretaries -will act , nnd we bane that belief upon thoj statement of Secretary Dahlman , who long ngo Informed us that he would do something to redeem democratic campaign pledges just as soon as the courts should break the rope ! > > _ which his hands were tied. The rope hao been broken , and our party pledges will be redeemed. Secretary Dahlman has given his word for it , and no man ever knew Jim Dahlman to break his word. It Is true he may be handicapped by Secretary Laws , who is acting pretty much like a republican Just now , but surely Ihe appoinllng power will kick Laws out of the office pretty quick In case ho shall go to playing into the hands of the corpora tions. , Albion Argus ( pop. ) : The Weaver law , was an insurance law passed last winter. It wan different from other laws on the sub- iject. It was Intended to be different. Among other things It took the Insurance depart ment from the auditor's office and placed It under Iho e.xecullve. This law was passed by a unanimous legislature men who wore fresh from the pecplo and who were their lepresentatlves. A few days ngo the supreme premo court got a whack at It and knocked It out on the ground that it was uncon- stltlonal i-n o-n-e p-o-l-n-t. Herein Is something marvelous that the people decide they want a thing and three men can declare them off and make null and void their will ! i We wonder , with a great big wonder , of I what use is the legislature ? Why go to the force and expense of assembling a body of men to enact the will of Ihe people when llirco men can set all aside with n word' . ' If this Is where we are at then let's turn the whole matter over to these two or three men and save time and expense. ' Hotter yet , let's abolish these usurpers of power. j VAHIAT.'O.VS IX W.lll .MUSK , ' . Philadelphia Times : Hritain now pins its faith on Hoberts. Only a litlle while ngo It was stuck on Buller. Chicago Hecord : 'Alfred ' Austin has writ ten another poem. That is the- only nd- vantage reported for the Hoorn yesterday. Indianapolis News : Tbo Hoerii arc buy ing American corn. The Doers have shown I gooil judgment over since the beginning of i the war. | St. Louis Olobe-Democral : General Hul- | ler'H army would never have lost Iho ton j 1 guiiH at ColenHo If It had known anything practically 'about mrdern rlllo lire. The nn- | nual maneuvers failed to Include thin tlck- ' llsli point. IxmUvllle Courier-Journal : The Hindoo prlcBtB are praying for Hrltlsh succofu In i the Transvaal. H will take an exceptional | order of praying to offset Tammany's I prayers for the floors , hat Great Hrllaln I KPOins equal to the emergency. Chicago Chronicle : It Is a long In no that tins no turning. The Ilcers have enjoyed uninterrupted t-nccess. but wo shall sco what 'they ' are really made of when the duke of Marlborough and hlH 20S pairs of trousers meet them In battle array. San Francisco Call : The Doers may be far behind the times In scwo things , bat they are certainly up to dateIn sarcasm. They have given 'the Hrltlsh the uncomfort able assurance that If necessary tvery IJ-cr may br armed with two .Mausers instead of one. ff thu consequent damage \\ould In crease in the game ratio General Duller will find some way to get back to the Cape. Philadelphia Press : The American mule Its playing a varied ami Important pnrt in the South African trouble. Tim stamped ing of a lot of buttery mules led lu the t > ur- remlcr of a detachment of Drltlsh. und no.v an ( JUtbroaU o. ' glnmluru among the ainnm.- ' t'--atens to hamper the cffucilvi'iu-pu cf b. > cral large bodies of iroopn. Whu < ul Is to the na\y the mule appears to t - i < > itu army. Chicago Inter Ocean : It Is now udm > I by the London corresjiondcnU in Pouib \ ' rfca that the only battle thus fur f'-ugl- wliic.h can bo claimed ns a Drltlehni rv wa tlie skirmish at lielinout. Tbis Iim' tlcularly ( wore nn General Lord iMeibu. n who had telegraphed congratulations 10 iit | queen over his victory at M , < jd < ier river iu > fore he discovered that the Doers writdru Ing IilB army in full retreat mllea aw.iy fiom the battle grounds. r.iiutis < ir 01 av vii. ( lilt In our tirlovnl Sulu lulnndo , whrrr our dl.vtlngulshrd fellouAmerlran , Sultan Klran. draws American dollars on a Mex- Inui basis with the regularity and enthusi asm of a veteran oinreholder. the unlive * hnve a way of handing out chunks of jitotlcc that ! Admirable for Its offf.-tlvcnoss. Ju dicial injunctions ntr heeded Ihcre and 0011- Irmpl of cottfl Is too rrtre to require Jail trimmings. Jails , lu fact , nre an incon venience nnd are tint thought of. Cleavers do the business so thoroughly that the ettl- prlt entertains no thought of appeal. The way It Is done la thus lold by n corretpomlont of Harper's Weekly : A rhlpf , or dale , controls a district : ho has Ills own particular followers nnd bin slaves , llostdos these ho may command all tlie men of his own dlstflcl In time of war. He aluo has the right of llfo and death over his subjects. For Instance , a few weeks before wp arrived In Jolo , Date Joknnlno had occasion lo execute one of his followers. The man had been Intrusted with money belonging to the data. The dm Umo ho came 10 'his chief and said : "Oh. greal and benevolent dnto , I have gambled away thy money ; forgive me. " "Very well , " said iho dato. "Sec thai it does not happen again. " Once more the retainer came , saying : "Oh , great and benevolent date , again hnvu 1 gambled away thy money and again 1 beg thee , In thy great mercy , to forgive me. " "Tills lu the second time 1 have forgiven thee , " said Jokaninc ; "but thu third time , I warn thee , thou shall die. " Yol ngaln Iho unfortunate man returned wllhout Hie money ho had colleclcd for ihu dato. "Oh , date , " he cried , throwing himself at the feet of his chief , ' " ! have sinned ngnln and taken thy money ; mercy ! mercy ! " "Cul him down , " said the dale lo one of his men-at-arms. The man offered no re sistance , and was cut to pieces with one of the greal knives of Ihe unlives. Imagine such a syelem in operation In South Omaha ! Another story which shows well the nu- thorlty of the date over his people is worth the telling. It seems that a blacksmith had been making love In a quiet way to a mem ber of the harem of Date Jokanlne. Joka- nlne knew of this , nnd came to the man'a smllhy one day. The smllh was just finish ing olT a large barong. "lA-t me sec lliat knife , " said JoUnninc. Then , running his linger along the edge , ho added , "It seems sharp ; may I try It ? " "Certainly , date , " said the unsuspecting smith.Wllhout n moment's hesitation Jokanluo' raised the knlfo and epllt the smith to Iho chin. The right a master haste to kill a slave Is therefore no stronger right than that exercised by all the dates and Iho sullan over the llfo of every man In Sulu. Lieutenant Horace M. Heeve , aide to General - oral Uatee in his Sulu mission , gives his Impressions of the Sulu island and the na tives in a letter In the New York Independ ent. All the iilandH , he says , are beau tiful and the climate is belief than that of any other of the Philippines , as there is no rainy season. The Inhabltanls are unique. Nearly all of them are Mohammedan Mala > 8 , who came originally from Hornco and at present there is a strong Arabian Infusion among them. There is another class of Malays called Samars , who are mostly fisher men. The remainder cf the inhabitants are Chinamen. In physique the Mores resemble the Apache Indians and they are u dcsper- ate fighters as the latter and would make "foemen not to bo despised If they chose lo ambush American Iroops In Ihe jungles and hills of their Islands. " They arc all above manual labor , even the so-ealled slaves performing little work. The only in dustries nro the pearl fisheries and the gathering of cocoanuts to obtain the copra. All Iho Iroplcol fruits grow In abimdanco there. Lieutenant Heeve , who was the dis bursing ofilcer , contradicts tbo report that the sum ot $10,000 was given as a bribe to the sultan. He was given $750 as compen sation for the expense ho had been at In preserving peace pending the negotiations nnd some of the "datos , " or dislrlct lead ers , in the various Islands were given a few dollars for similar efforts In their dis tricts. This story has been told before , but H will bear repelllion , as 11 Illustrates a char acteristic of Governor General Wood of Cuba. The Incident happened during the early days of American rule In Santiago. A mob of Cubans decided to wreck the Spanish club. When Wood received the news ho was silling alone In his ofllce , with one orderly In attendance. Plenty of arms were near , but he took none of them. He could have called out thousands of men by having his bugle blown , but he called oul none. He picked up a little bamboo cane and told his orderly to come along. The orderly had a rifle. Wood strolled carelessly through Iho stieets until ho reached thi > scene of the dlMlurbance , and then he gently made his \\iiy through the riotous crowd. Finally he reached the steps of the Spanish club. His orderly wna behind him. The mob In from was armed literally to the leelh. Ho knew II , but he did not care. He very quietly pealed the orderly on the steps of the Spanish club und hit ald In both English and Spanish , In that quiet drawl which characterizes alike bolh Leon ard Wood and Mark Twain , "Is your gun loaded ? " The orderly answered , "Yes. " "Then , " said General Wood , "kill Iho first man who advances three paces from whcro the crowd staniVi now. " The orderly salulcd anil got his gwi ready for business. Wcod , with his little bamboo cane , strolled nonchalantly away , leaving that ono blue-coaled soldier to face as fierce a mob as over gathered In Cuba. The mob looked at him , Jabbered and dispersed. No attack was made on .tlie Spanish club. cH.vriiATnn or IMIIM'I\TIOV. 'H W.'ili-li OiM-rii < < > ( o DI-IMV lloyw from Hit * 1'n nil" . Philadelphia Times. Superintendent of Public Instruction Sehaelfor. In bis annual report , calls atten tion to the Inclination of farmers' SOIIH to leave tlu < farm for the lown or oily and ad mits that Iho schools cultivate discontent will ) country llfo. As an aiilldolo to this IID would ettablltli township high schools , In vhlc-h scientific agriculture may bo taught , thus striving to make country life moro at tractive by making farming more prncllea- lie. lie.As As a means of improving agricultural moihodn and Increasing the Intolllfionco of Ihe farming communities tlie e.'tnbllstimont of township high schools la to bo eom- memlnl. Hut thai the Inclination of Iho fanners' soi.s for a buplniMs or prrffaiiomil ei.reur Is tra.'eable to any marked degree lo th" public hohooin Is questionable The iM'hi-H which lliivc built pri-al illiet- and In- ( . ' ' cfiiieijs ul Ih" oxpcnst of iho fjrrn- UiK pupiila'K i ) a" mnn > but tlnLTV ( hull' , ihe futgroth of the iii'lun'riiil i\f- \ vrlopmom of Ihr IJIM llfiv yc.irp Tlin rountry | > ! > s lnvm xpnnnrt wtih rnilroal * and thp fnrinrri'BOIII IMM > berotno in- gmeprs. condiii tors , te'egraph oporatorn , station agents , railway suprrlnlPtidcntR. etc . boaustt they wefe noedfd more In unrh po sitions than they were on the farms THa development of Iho mining ami mnnufni iur- ing Interests of the country has draw.n on the young mini from thn rural cnmmunttt"s for the pnmo rrosons. Thp. hcplra from tba farm has boon chiefly In response to the 'aw ' of supply and demand. The Introduction of agricultural maehlnerj en the farms has also helped to product this result. One farm hand does th work thai lliree or four did n generation ago. The supply of agricultural producls has by ibis means moro than kepi puce with de mand. If nil the farmers' nous had ro- malnr-.l nt homo farm produce would hav been Btlll cheaper and farming still mora unprofitable than nt present. While in in dividual Instances Iho change from roun'ry to town has been Oisoslrous to those who have left the farm , the movement as a whole has been part of nn Industrial revolution which distributed the workers whore they were much nwded. The farmers' boys hava gonp where they could befll find romunera- tlvo employment and they will continue lode do so In Eplle of agricultural high t hooli or Iho entire absence of schools ot any sort. The concentration of population in town * nnd cities Is quite ns marked In Europe na In America and it will not cense until an equilibrium between the food producers nii-t othur producers has been established. It may bo that this1 point lm been nearly reached , bill until It Is reached the proresi will continue nnd all efforts to stem ilia lido by cducnllonal or other processes will provo of small account. liAST YHAIl'S CIIA W. Philadelphia Record : The fellow who can sing1 and won't Ixn't H marker to the oiia who can't but will. Detroit Journal : It looks as If the nrl ot wlre-pullliiB might dege.nerate Into mera ebeek-drawlnt , In polities. Harlem Llfo : "What have you been doIng - Ing ? " Inquired n friend. "Just culling an aceiunlntapce , " replied Colonel HlmUl of Kentucky , wiping lilj liowle on his sleeve. Yonkcrs Statesman : Hill 1 see the clock dealer down tin- street Is selling out. Jill Yes ; he told me his business was all run down. "And nowbo proposes to wind It up ? " Chicago Hecord : Weeks 1 understaml your baby has been very slek. Is the worst over ? l.Mecks I'm afraid not. nils health la all right , but we haven't named him yet. Atlanta. Conciliation : "The editor Is out1 paid the office lioy to the old delinquent , "How much ? " asked Iho delinquent , \vtth fine sarcasm. "Sixty dollars , " replied the ollice. boy , "Are you ready to settle ? " Chicago Post : "I understand , " said tha neighbor , "that your husband Is a dra matic erltlc. " "No. " reviled the little woman , bltterly | "bo Is even worse than that. Jle Is a house' hold critic. " Washington Star : "Have you trollen iiu your report of that murder trial ? " "My dear sir , " said the journalist , "you underestimate the arllmlc dignity of tha modern murder trial. 1 have not gotten un any report. Hut 1 have written what Jt consider niv able criticism of It. " Chicago Tribune : "Why don't these fell lows dnp their hands when they want In applaud , " said Ihe man lu the back Heat. "They < lo nothing : but stamp. " "This la u convention of phllalellsls , ' ' ex plained the man sitting next to him. Philadelphia North American : "I have nothing to say for publication , " said tha meat man. "Of course not , " urged the fly reporter , "And it's the stuff thut Isn't for publica tion that I'm after. " Detroll Journal : Here the Filipino patriot wept. "Of courj-e we are crushed ! " ho sobbed. "What with Ihe yellow newspapers giving Ihelr whole time to directing the war against the Hoers and leaving' the war acjilnst us to direct Itsulf ! " This shows that the Filipino , while per haps Incapable of self-government , Is not entirely devoid of discernment. A MJW I.ICAF. ( January 3 , 1RK > . ) Last night the world was like a lotus-cal er's dream , An anguish In Its sweetness lay The Hie hath flown nor left one sullen gleam , And so , repenting me , I say I'll turn a new leaf o'er today. Last night the roses kissed the nlr with drowsy scent , Their perfumes rich enough to slay- Alas ! the vuln voluptuous hours iiro spent. And so , repenting me , 1 my I'll turn a new leaf o'er today. Last night the music ravished with a pas sioned strain- It was too fiercely , madly gay. The very echo of it mars the day with jinln , And so , repenting me. I say I'll turn a new leaf O'IT today. Last nlk'ht all me I bad my little fling at hell Thu Joyance aU is llirust away The red cheeks pale Iho Origin eyes dull- all well And so , reipcnllnir me , 1 say I'll turn ii new leaf o'er today. Lift ; night the wlno was good , the woman's llp.4 were red- Hut pshaw ! the d.iwn tame eold and gray And nil the soft seductiveness both lied. And mi , repenting me , I s.iy I'll turn a new leaf o'er tndn\ -WILLIAM RUED Ut'NKOY Alld a | H < iSiel | < iils ( ii- | is ( X * tended our li.i-inU an.I i.ur enemies as well , if HI- hive any. any.Ma. Ma.\ misfortune follow , but never ovoriako you. A iirosiii'i'otiH year I > us liith Hinuotlic'd tin ? wrinkle * of disi-onteiit and we I > M-IUIIII today from a Joyous hi ait < iOI ) ) WILL AND I'l.Ai 13 TO AM * our store will In- dosed all day Monday. New Yeirs I'ay. and durlnu the in > iuii4 "i .lauuttry and I- ' < > l > rnar.in Ktead of in | i. in. .Saturdays. \xe will I-IOM- | iroiiijitly ul U 1' ' . in.
