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( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Mr. Cowlo does not ivniomlier wlit'ther
lie did or not. and so do sill the other
\vltnussos who jii't corucrcil.
Hoporls from South Africa arc to tin ;
pITect Unit the Ainoriwiu Hour which thu
KiiKlish had In soak was not damaged
In the least. .
The report tllllt Spain will at once
fortify the Canary and lluloiirlu Islands
affords another excellent Illustration ot
the adajje about lucking the stable door
after the horse Is stolen.
What luck ! The Omaha district Is
the only one out of ; it)0 ) and more of the
census districts which Is succeeding in
getting any advertising out of the ap
pointment of its supervisor.
The taxpayers of all classes and of all
parties will heartily second the effort
of the reorgani/.ed school board to thor
oughly ventilate the operations of the
late school board combination.
General Lord Metlnu > n's mind is said
to be unbalanced. That is a charitable
view to lake of his wild boast that he
had fought the blcodlest battle of the
century with a handful of llrltlsh
troops.
Secretary Hoot says lie will not bo a
candidate for the vice presidency. How
cruel of him to blast the rising hopes
of the newspaper punsters who had al-
rouYly begun to exercise their talents on
his name.
Omaha men who go up to Sioux City
to get robbed might better patronlxe
home Industry. Plenty of opportunities
present In this city to be relieved of any
surplus money they may have In a
legitimate way.
DOS Mollies Is moving to secure the lo
cation of a military post In the vicinity
of that city , tint there Is no need of
alarm over any prospective removal of
the troops from Fort Oroolr or any of
the other Nebraska forts for that mat
ter.
The evidence In the Clark senatorial
investigation indicates that ho is
certainly entitled to his seat. Like
Colonel Maverick Brander , the legis
lative votes honestly belonged to him be
cause ho bought them and paid the mar
ket price in Montana.
Since Tlllman has become more ( inlet
Pettlgrew appears to think It his duty
to keep the senate in a turmoil. In the
matter of making charges lie Is fully as
reckless as the South Carolinian , but Is
not possessed with a tithe of the ginger
of the pitchfork statesman.
Last year the Globe Light and Heat
company was willing to contract for
gasollno'street lamps at iU ! per lamp ;
tills year it lias raised the price to $18 ,
or an Increase of nearly ! ( ) per cent.
With no corresponding increase in the
price of gasoline the inference Is that
the bid has been raised simply because
there Is no competition.
The pioneers of Nebraska are performIng -
Ing a valuable service to the state in
compiling the early history of the com
monwealth. It will not be many years
before the men who made this history
will have either passed away or become
Incapacitated by advancing years from
performing this work. They laid the
foundation of the state broad and deep
and they can present the record of their
handiwork with Justlllablo prhlo.
Mr. Cowlo's attorneys Intimate very
broadly that they will turn the search
light of publicity upon the purchase ot
the school sites In case their client is
ton hard pressed. By all means turn on
the searchlight. The public ban all
along suspected that these purchases
wore engineered for the bonuflt of mem
bers u , , tlii ! combine , and If Mr. Cowie
knows anything that will contirm this
suspicion and expose the Jobbers lie will
render the public u valuable service.
A 7/MA.S/.l/U.v ; HAMK.
Morn than two years ago the State
Board of Transportatl 'ii ' Issued an order
prohibiting Nebraska railroads from
changing the live stock schedule from
carload rates to pound rates. This or
der was Ignored by the railroads , as wna
expected by the board , and remained as
much of a dead letter as the no-treat
Inw. The whole thing was horse play
i In the face of n polltlull campaign In
which the dfMiotliliig board sought to
allay the rising resentment cf the rank
and Hie of the Nebraska fuslonlsts of
Its flagrant disregard of party pledges.
Now that we are In fiont of another
campaign the same grandstand play IH
to 1 ; < ; repeated in n new form. Attorney
General Smyth has tiled a complaint
against the Union Paclllc railroad for
refusing to comply with the old bun
combe order and demands the enforce
ment of the full penalty of JKJO ? ( upon
that corporation. 'Inasmuch ' as the
Union Pacific claims to bo a foreign cor
poration , the case will probably be trans
ferred to the federal courts and put Into
dry dock for a year or two.
Why Attorney General Smyth had to
wait two years before he could discover
that the roads were violating the order
of the state board can bo explained only
on the theory that he was either over
worked or Indisposed to tackle the rail
roads while enjoying their favors. The
theory of overwork , however , Is hardly
tenable In view of the fact that ho has
had ample time for political spocchmnk-
Ing , banquets and private law business.
The most charitable view Is that ho has
purposely put off this bout with the rail
road until the end of his own term of
olllce Is In sight and when he expects to
enter the race as a candidate for con
gress. Why the valiant anti-monopoly
reformer should pick out for his Hrst
onslaught the Union Pacific , which be
patronizes so seldom , Instead of the Bur
lington , whoso annual ho uses between
Omaha and Lincoln nearly every other
day , may easily be guessed.
The whole game is too transparent
to deceive anybody who does not want
to be fooled. There Is about as much
sincerity in the effort of Attorney General -
oral Smyth to bring the railroads to
time as there Is in the bombastic ful-
mluatlons against the railroads by the
defuiicto candidate for U. S. S. , who
pounds the bow-gag and sounds the tom
tom about railroad extortion while he
keeps In closest touch with the corpo
rate powers.
TUB QUKSTlOX OF MEDIATION.
The appeals which It is proposed by
the friends of peace abroad to make to
President Mclvinley in behalf of media
tion inSpilth Africa will be without
effect , because this government could
not , with propriety , offer mediation
when neither of the belligerents desires
It and besides to do so would be a de
parture from the historical policy of the
United States. Were both parties to the
war to ask the United States to use its
good otllces In the interest of peace the
request would doubtless be compiled
with , but for this country to offer to
mediate without being asked to do so
by tlie belligerents would certainly be
regarded by them and perhaps by the
rest of the world as an impertinent In
terference which we couliT not justify
on humanitarian grounds.
It Is not surprising that foreigners ,
who know little of our government and
of its long-cstabl.'shed policy , should
urge it to intervene in the South Af
rican war , but it is astonishing that
there are intelligent Americans who be
lieve It to be the duty of this govern
ment to tender Its good oflices , unasked ,
for bringing about a settlement of the
conllict. This country will always l < c
found ready to act us a peacemaker
under proper circumstances , but it is
not called upon to thrust Itself on those
who do not ask or desire its sjood of
fices.
TltKASUKI' .WMIXIMKATWA' .
Owing to the peculiar relations of the
national treasury to the money market
there are many dltiiculties connected
with its administration. Ex-President
Harrison Is credited with the .remark
that an Ideal condition would be one
In which tlie receipts and expenses of
the government balanced , but perhaps
such a condition Is impracticable. At
all events it Is not likely soon to be at
tained and the question Is as to what
is best to be done under existing condi
tions.
Secretary Gage says that "Ills princi
ple of action has been to so manage the
receipts and expenditures as to produce
the least disturbance In that part of the
money supply .which must be at the
service of commercial and Industrial
use. " Thus the secretary of the treas
ury Is required to give attention all the
time to tlie condition of the money mar
ket , a duty imposed upon the head of
tlie financial department or no other
nation. The Intimate relation that has
been established between the treasury
and the financial affairs of the public
renders necessary prompt action on the
part of the secretary whenever an exi
gency arises In the money market , such
as has recently been experienced , callIng -
Ing for assistance from the treasury.
When monetary stringency comes and
panic threatens or develops , he cannot
pause to inquire Into causes , but musi
at once apply to .tho disturbance such
treatment as the law authorizes. The
trouble may arise entirely rrom exces
sive speculation , as In the recent case ,
yet the secretary of the treasury Is
bound to safeguard , If possible , the
legitimate business Interests from the
dangers of such a situation.
The authority now possessed by the
secretary of the treasury , the exercise
of which by Mr. Gage has caused so
much criticism , Is thought by some to
be n greater power than should bo
lodged In tlie hands of onu man , Mr ,
Wlndom , when secretary of the treas
ury , said of It : "It Involves the exer
cise of n most dangerous power by the
secretary of' the treasury , whereby bo
may , If so disposed , expand or contract
the currency at will and In the Interest
of certain favorites whom he may se
lect. " The power has never been thus
abused , but none the less It seems ex
pedient to modify it. Among the sug
gestions brought out by the discussion
of the matter fine Is that a law be
passed requiring that treasury receipts
In excess of current expenses be de
posited In government depositories
weekly , the law to prescribe the amount
and kind of security to bo given for
such depislts. This would relieve the
secretary of the treasury of all discre
tion and responsibility In the matter.
The dependence of the money market
upon the treasury or the treasury upon
the banks would1 cease. Whatever
money the government did not require
for Its current expenses would become
available for the uses of the people , In
stead of accumulating nnd lying Idle In
the treasury.
Referring to this subject the Phlhidcl.
phla Kecord says that "If there should
bo at the command of the government
an adequate medium by which the
enormous amounts of currency drawn
from business In taxes could be restored
to circulation as speedily as possible
there would be small opportunity for
abuses and ns little for the tongues or
the scandal mongers. " It Is not Im
probable that the discussion raised by
the action of Secretary Gage may re
sult In some such legislation as sug
gested.
TllltKK HOXT11S OF 11.1/f.
Three months ago today the South
African republic declared war against
Great Britain and hostilities began on
the following day. In that period Brit
ish military prestige has suffered se
verely , she has lost thousands of bravo
men and today an army three or four
times as largo as was thought at the
beginning of the war would be required
Is hold at bay by the Boers , with no
apparent prospect of an early Improve
ment In the British situation. In all
this time Great Britain has not secured
a single advantage. As a London pa
per says , with a huge army distributed
over tlie country It is still powerless to
relieve three garrisons from investment
and largo portions of both British col
onies are In the bands of the enemy.
"Can any one fall to admit , " asks that
paper , "that this is evidence of a grave
miscalculation of forces and factsV"
History hardly affords u parallel to the
British experience in South Africa and
tlto English press is none too severe In
its criticism of those who lire respon
sible for It.
The British public Is hopeful of an
early change for the better , now that
Generals Roberts and Kitchener have
arrived at Capetown. There is great
confidence In the ability of these com
manders , who are expected to at once
change the character of the campaign ,
but the Impatience that is said to pre
vail in England may not bo relieved
for some time and In the meanwhile It
Is quite probable that tlie British will
suffer further reverses , Intensifying the
anxiety ami apprehension in England
and Increasing the dlfliculties which
are said to exist Inside the British lines.
It Is unsafe to prophesy , but it is by
no means unlikely that there are severer
experiences ahead for the British forces
in South Africa than they have yet bad ,
hard and humiliating as these have
beeii.
Councilman Mount declares that the
council does not propose to complicate
tlie water works bond proposition with
any side issues. By this ho doubtless
mentis that the movement for municipal
ownership is to bo confined exclusively
to the water works purchase. Tlie ad
vocates of municipal ownership will not
be satisfied with the exclusion of nil
other public necessities. They favor the
ownership and operation of electric
light plants , gas works and eventually
of the telephone system. It would take
a comparatively moderate Investment to
start out with electric lighting , andf _ < r
that matter gasoline lighting and power
as well. The water works bond proposi
tion would not necessarily be compli
cated or endangered by the submission
of a proposition to authorize the council
to Issue a limited amount of bonds for
the acquisition and operation of a light
ing power plant.
It has always been a mystery why
people who have no fixed Income and
no personal Interest In the management
of our public schools should scramble
for places on tlie BoarN of Education
when no salary Is attached to the posi
tion and no other promise of reward
held out than a grateful appreciation of
services faithfully rendered. Tlie in
vestigation now in progress may throw
some li 'ut "jion the incentive that Im
pels such men to seek positions that
have no pay , attached to tnem.
Tlie story of an offensive and de
fensive alliance between this country
and England has been revived again.
In the lirst place all treaties to be
effective must be ratified by the senate ,
so no such thing has over happened. In
tlie second place the president lias not
the power to declare war , which would
enable him to support England , as the
story is told. Opponents of the ad
ministration should confine themselves
to statements which are plausible.
The absurd story that Senator Thurs-
ton and President McICInley have had a
falling out over the appointment of tlie
census supervisor for tlds district comes
through a channel that Is absolutely un
trustworthy. The relations between the
president and Senator Thurston have
been most amicable , and , while the con
tention over the census siipervisorshlp
may have reached a white heat at ibo
eapltol , 11 has not reached the White
House.
City Attorney Connell assures the
South Side Improvement club that all
pending litigation relating to the openIng -
Ing of Twenty-fourth street will bo
cleared away before the railroads get
ready to build the Twenty-fourth street
viaduct. Mr. Connell has tnkon no rlsi ;
In making that prediction. It will take
some time before the railroads get
ready.
A bill has been Introilikod In the Iowa
state senate prohibiting the manufacture
of pearl buttons In tlie state peniten
tiaries. The bill promises to bring oti
a warm discussion on convict labor In
all Its forms , and the outcome will be
watched with Interest by labor organlzJi-
tl"tis In every section of the country.
The pearl button Industry which nour
ished In Omaha for n number of years
was transferred to the Nebraska peni
tentiary last summer and Is said to give
employment to more than llfty convicts.
In the meantime , however , the workmen
who were employed at fair wages In
Omaha In manufacturing pearl buttons
have been compelled to look for work
elsewhere , as they cannot p > sslbly com
pete by co-operative industry with con
vict-made goods.
Chicago Is worrying over the discov
ery of several smallpox cases In the
midst of Its crowded population , so wo
may be on the lookout for a few mild
outbreaks In several sections of the
country. With the present state of med
ical science and effective quarantining
the danger of smallpox epidemics is
practically n thing of the past.
It Is very easy to put up a straw man
and knock him down again. Tlie "nat
uralized Englishman" who has occupied
so many columns In the local popocratle
organ lias all the appearance of a man
of straw wlio has been set up in the
middle of the cabbage patch for the pur
pose of frightening away the rabbits.
The democrats In the Iowa legislature
have decided to vote for Fred White for
senator. There Is not a ghost of a show
of his election , but White Is used to
defeat. Some time lie may run for an
olllco and be elected and tlie experience
will be so novel that he will not know
what to do.
llUtorh-nl CoiUrnxt.
Kansas Cllr Journal.
U Is true that Thomas Jefferson rode to
the Whlto 'House ' , but not astride of cither
an ostrich or a silver hobby.
on the Point of Vloiv.
Chicago llccord.
Senator Bovorldgo says the Filipinos ore
utterly Incapable of self-government. Pos
sibly the Filipinos think the same of the
Americans. But that Is immaterial.
Plutocracy < 3ct In UN Work.
Washington Post.
The Hon. Cato Soils of Iowa was run
down by an automobile while on his wny to
the lost Bryan banquet. How long are these
cursed Implements of plutocracy to bo per
mitted to mangle the plain people ?
AVKHI > of Common SCMINI- .
Cleveland Plain Dealer ( dcni. )
The duty of the democratic uatlonal con
vention Is to frame a platform In accord
with the cardinal principles ot historic de
mocracy , but adapted to the conditions of
the tittle not the conditions of 1876 , or ot
1S9G , but those of 1900 and then to select
candidates In accord with that platform.
Known IIoiv to Kci > i > a Secret.
San Francisco Call.
From the tone of Bryan's speech nit the
Jackson day banquet in Chicago It appeals
he is willing to suggest a plain and ab
solute remedy for the evils caused by trusts ,
provided he be- elected to the presidency , but
ho Is not willing to say what it Is before
hand ; so It will bo seen the boy orator has
some discretion after all and knows how
to keep his mouth- shut on at least one sub
ject. .
Upnvj-onlty of Iciulillc .
PhU'dWelsihla Record.
'
The expansion. of the Lnwton fund to
$83,000 , with fair assurance of a considerable
further Increase , conveys ample nnd gratify
ing evidence that the. greatest of republic *
Is not ungrateful. From a public point ot
view the swift creation of this fund must
be regarded as a memorable Illustration of
American national pride , patriotism and gen
erosity. Such deeds Inspire as well as re
ward heroism.
Activity In Political MciinRcrlca.
Xo\v York Sun.
Colonel Bryan's successful advertising by
means ot ostriches , panthers and Mexican
lions during his Texas engagement has not
been lost upon another gifted performer.
The Hon. Bob Taylor , some time gov
ernor ot Tennessee and still Its sweetest fid
dler-orator , has had himself chased Into a
tree by a Lone Star razor-back hog and only
rescued himself by singing tlie enemy to
sleep. This Is a great year for the men-
agerlo business.
3lcut Product loll ti9 < ] I'rlccH.
Indianapolis Journal.
The real cause of the Increased price ot
meats Is that the country has now 17,000,000
more meat eaters than It had ten years ago ,
whllo the number of cattle has fallen off
11,000,000 during that period. According to
the figures of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry wo had 10,000,000 more hogs In 1890
than now , whllo the population has Increased
fiom 02,500,000 to nearly 79,000,000. "A simi
lar falling off Is reported In the number
of sheep. Under these conditions there is
no prospect that the prices of meat will
return to a lower level.
Monliuin ( 'iiliof KtliiCH ,
Chicago Chronicle.
Casuistry worthy oC the schoolmen devel
ops at Washington In the bribery investiga
tion affecting the scat of HonV. . A.
Clark of Montana. "A lie , " declares onu
witness , who probably stands for the Mon
tnna code ot ethics , "la when you state .1
falsehood to a man who has a right to know
the truth ; If he has no right to the truth It
Is not a He. " A distinction Indeed , and ono
not unworthy of Kaunltz , who , being asked
to defend lying In diplomacy , said : "Therei
Is no such thing ns lying In diplomacy. A
Ho undetected Is not n He. The man caught
In a falsehood Is not a diplomat. " It will be
observed that there Is some resemblance between -
twoen the Montana and the Austrian Idea ot
diplomacy.
Will Siiftur lit- Our ICInjv t'ronf
I eslle's Weekly.
Tbp world moves and Us 'motion Is con
stant and surprising. Any one who would
Imvo predicted u few years ago that the
center of the sugar-producing region would
shortly shift from the tropical to the tem
perate zone would have been laughed at.
But this Is precisely what has happened to
ward the close of the nineteenth century.
Two-thirds of the world'o fiiigar crop Is now
produced from beets raised In the temperate
zones of Germany , Austria , Franco and the
United States. Twenty years ngi the beet
sugar crop In the world was one-fifth of
the cntlro sugar production. The last year
the cano sugar crop was one-third of the
beet sugar product. S'hllo the production of
cnnc ( iiigar has scarcely doubled during the
twenty years , sugar from beets has more
than quintupled. Meanwhile the price of
sugar has fallen moro than half. It Is easy
to foresee the time when the western
farmer mny bo the greatest producer of
sugar In the world. Then , sugar. Instead
of cotton or corn , may bo the king cf
American crcps.
Illrr Oil llcnl In Ohio.
OOU'MM'S. O. , Jan. ll.-A tinprl.il from
Howllnc Orcon , O. . uys : J. a. Jllckok and
M. 13. ChldcHter of tlllw oily have uloxed
'enl for tinPiitlro oil Inu-rosth of tln >
Palmer OH ruinpany. The price to bo paid
Is WOOMX The purchase Includes 5JO HITCH
In fee In Wood rounly nnd Itaxi-s on 8 2J5
i , ores In Woi'rt ' and Haix'ocVi ominiles. Th"ro >
are 155 producing wells on tinpruporty. . I
with a monthly production ot 15C'X ) barrels. I
PKIIS\.U ( < POINTS.
The real power of n court of Injunctl n
will not bo determined until St. 1/oule fcnJs
one against the Chicago river.
A New York Jury has decided that It Is
worth $5,000 to teach n New York woman
how to behave In polite society.
Twenty colleges , recently canvassed , "de
sire" for the coming year about JJ7.000.000
In gifts nnd "expect" about JG.BOO.COO. That
Is not a largo ratio of desire to expectation
BB the world goes.
Another young American who seems to
have expatriated nnl ; donntlonnllzcd hlmsolf
Is Alan Arthur , eon of the late I'rcs.dent
Arthur , who finds that his Income gees
farther abroad thnn In this country.
Thu "nbaunl-mlnded hegpnr" Is to bo re
inforced by a "corps or gentlemen" rccrulte.l
among those who are "accustomed to shoot
big game In uncivilized countries. " Hut
the Hoer flro , like love , "level. ? all ranks. "
Justice Ilrowcr of the supreme c-urt takes
a crack at the end of the century dlscuflslon
by deciding In favor of December HI , WOO.
This reduces the minority to II , H. Kohl-
eaat of Chicago nnd K. Wllheltn of llcrlln ,
Some ono quoted to Senator Hanna the
other day Thackeray's remark that mankind
was divided Into the bores and the bored.
"True , " said the senator , "and the former
live longer. They kill off their victims very
rapidly. "
Admiral Dowry recently said to a Wash
ington acquaintance : " 1 don't sco what
has awakened this Btrango love ot buttons
In the average American. Why , I've been
naked for buttons from my uniform worn
nt Manila enough times to equip n squadron
with them. "
Mayor I'holnn ot San Francisco , being
asked by the public library trustees if ho
would rent quarters In a building owned by
him for a branch of the public library , re
plied that ho would give the city a branch
library building. He will build It ns noon
as ho can secure n suitable site.
When some one wished Senator Hoar a
"Happy New Year , " ho replied that ho was
not apt to have many more years of Hfo ,
that ho wna growing old now and that whllo
ho had hoped his last days would bo his
quietest and happiest , the war In the Phil
ippines weighed upon him BO heavily that
he could not sleep at night.
KXCI..VXI ) IX AVAll.
SunnHcniiirkH 011 "Tlu > Snlcmliil Ux-
ample or Ilvrolc Sclf-Control. "
Xow York Sun.
That England should foci a sense of hu
miliation because of the defeats of Its armies
In South Africa by n relatively puny foe Is
explainable. Those armies arc made up of
Its best regular troops , yet Hhey have all
nnd almost uniformly been beaten by the
Boer farmer volunteers and a great part of
them are now prisoners In the hands 6f
their numerically fceblo enemy. When ,
however , wo rend In London newspapers of
the splendid example of heroic self-control
afforded by the English people In this
emergency nnd under this demonstration so
painful to them wo cannot see the ground
for such self-celebration.
What else Is there for England to do ex
cept submit to its punishment ? Who has
expected that the English people would cry
out like whipped children and In their rage
kick vainly against accomplished facts ; Ho
down In the dust and go Into hysterics be
cause they were not able to do what they
had no reason to expect they could accom
plish ? Other nations have been defeated In
their military undertakings. What example
docs history afford of any great people fallIng -
Ing in self-control In the face of far heavier
disasters ? As compared with France at the
hands of Germany , Russia at the hands of
the allies , this country In the terrible four
years of the civil war and Spain in Its late
war with us , England has only begun to feel
the smart of war. All told. It has not lost
In killed and wounded in South Africa as
many as have fallen in many a single en
gagement In battles of the last half century ,
oven whore they were of third-rate consequence
quence only , for no action approaching the
measure of a great battle has yet been
fought In South Africa. 'Relatively ' , the
casualties have been few ; there has not
been a regular stand-up fight , persisted In
to 'the ' end of possible endurance , throughout
the three mouths' South African campaign.
The sorrows and sufferings of war so far
Inflicted on England have been trilling as
compared with those borne by all other na
tions of first-class position in the modern
world. Tlie engagements in South Africa
have been skirmishes rather than battles.
Shall England , then , be credited with su
preme patience In braving the pain of ter-
rlblo wnr when It has as yet received a
few scratches only ? Is a people dominating
a quarter of the population of the glebe de
serving of the reputation of notably heroic
fortitude because It has been able to main
tain some degree of Its composure in a war
of three months' reverses against two
numerically petty republics ? Is Uie self-
control which restrains It from despair un
exampled ?
How , too , about ithe fortitude and the
self-control of the Boors In their desperate
struggle against the British empire , sup
posedly the most powerful nnd the most In
domitable since Homo ruled the world ?
1IM,1\-UOMAH ( COUXTHV.
KiiormoiiM CiiiiKal IiivcNfciI In ( lie
FarmliiK1 Industry.
Boston Globe.
It will surprise a great many people to
bo told that fully $10,000,000,000 of capital
la Invested In the farming industry of our
country. Yet such Is the fact , according to
Prof. John F. Crowell of New York , who
testified before the Industrial commission the
other day. Ho called attention also to census
figures which show , according to the latest
accounting , that In the varied fields of
ngrlcnlture nearly 5,000,000 workers are em
ployed.
Somn reasons why "tho farms arc left"
by the young are Indicated In Prof. prowoH's
Interesting statement to the Industrial com
mission. Thus , while in manufacturing the
product per capita Is ? 893 , nnd In mining
$710 , In farming It was only 1290. It Is true
that when wear nnd teor nnd worry are
taken Into the account the "man on the
farm" who has no mortgage to fret him gets
i vast deal moro out cf life than Home of his
follow citizens , the annual net product of
whoso work in cold cash in considerably
larger thnn bin own.
What Prof. Orowell said as to the need
of u proper distributing systrcn of our agri
cultural products , effective though through
the markets cf Europe , ns well as his
emphatic remarks regarding over-taxation
of the farmer , may well give the Industrial
commission food for serious thought. It IB
the farmer who Is the mainstay of us all.
( Jiirlx'l to AVfil MINN IllacMiiii-ii ,
CINCINNATI , Jan. 11. A Lexington , Ky. ,
special nays : "Senator William V. Ooobrl ,
who Is contesting the scat of Governor W.
S. Taylor , It was stated today. Is engaged
to bo married to Mlaa Corlnno Blackburn ,
the only single daughter of United States
Senator J. C. S. Blackburn. It Is said tlie
jvcnt Is to bo Immediately after Mr. GoDbcl's
contest Is decided at Frankfort.
lii ( ) on I'lcclrlc I'mvcr.
III'FPALO , Jan. 11. At n meeting held ;
under the auspices of the MTolnnts'
change u resolution \VIIH ad jpled commuting '
the organization to opposition b > counsel
liofure the Treasury dcp'irtmi'nt ' to ( ho Invy1 1
Ing of ii fluty upon ulfi-triclty brought to |
the I'nltuU Statt-B across the NlatMru river , j
linllnn Aurllt IN Appointed ,
WASHINGTON. Jan U-TliP president
tudny prut Ihi'Be nomination ! ! In tinoniiM' :
Andrew F ( 'aUlwt-ll , iige-il fur the
Indiana of lluF rt Hull nfiuiu y , lil.ihu.
KerBfiint M lnr < > l" Nl hull to be a
llfuit-nunt , Thlriy-fuurth volunteer ,
mnn AMI Tiimtr. .
"The young Domcsthonps from Indiana , '
ns some ndmlreis call Senator IlcvcrMge.
recalled memories of Uoscoc ronkllng In
the senate by hit * jpcoeh on the 1'hlllpplnc
question last Tuesday. Not since the days
of the Utlca giant has n written oie | cli
been dollvcrpi.1 In that body \\lthoul refer
ence to manuscript or to notes. Sonnloi
Btvcrldga accomplished the rare font ol
memory without apparent effort or n serious
lit oak. Ills rpecch filled seven columns
of small type. Washington correspondents
who occuplfd scats In the gallery nnd fol
lowed thti orntor , having advance copies ol
the speech , declare that he did not have
n notci to guide him , yet every paragraph
followed In proper sequence nnd almo.it
without the change of a slnfile word. The
memorizing of a prepare address nnd Its
delivery without notes Is not In Itself nn
uncommon fcnt. The dlfllculty with most
noted speakers Is to stick closely to their
written words. In the excitement of deliv
ery Ideas are clotlu-d In garb different from
that employe * ! In the cool hours of prepara
tion. Therein lies the secret ot a welt-
controlled memory.
On three occasions In this city , within the
writer's experience , thtcc Omaha speakers
displayed power of memory cqunl to that
of Senator Bevcrldge. Over twenty
years ago , Hon. John Uush de-
llverod nn address nt n St. Patrick's
day celebration In what WHS then Shoot's
hall. The address was prepared In advancft
nnd required nbout ono hour In delivery.
One of the newspaper men present had thii
manuscript and followed the speaker with
the written words. Although It contained
ninny historical quotations and statistics , U
was delivered without material nltcratlox
or addition , and without notes.
M. V. Gannon , formerly of Omaha , dis
played equally remarkable powers of memory
In n public address In the old Boyd opera
hoimc , the occasion being the birthday an
niversary of the poet , Thomas Moore. The
address was filled with copious extracts from
the writings of the famous poet , several
entire poems being recited , besides a score
of verses from "Lalla Uookh. " The ad
dress was prepared In advance , nnd wns
nearly ns long as that of Senator Bevorldgc.
It was delivered without n note for guid
ance , nnd with the vigor nnd warmth char
acteristic of the Irish orntor , yet the spcakch
did not alter or amend n single sentence
of his written speech.
Another Omnha man similarly gifted Is
Henry Estnbrook. Four nnd n half years
ago ho delivered a political speech In the
Coliseum to an audience that packed that
hugo auditorium. The speech was prepared
In advance nnd filled eight columns of The
Bee. It was a remarkable speech , certainly
one of the best ever delivered by that brll-
llan son of Nebraska. Mr. Estabrook did
not use his manuscript or a note to guide
him , yet he did not vary a sentence nor
alter the sequence of his argument. There
was no halting or hesitation. His words as
written come forth with the ease , grace and
eloquence of the accomplished orator.
COXTIl.Ul.VXIJ OF WAIL
Adroitly Doilulii : Hit * INNUI-H
Rained liy the United Stilton.
Baltimore American.
In the effort to defend England's seizure
of American goods the question of what Is
contraband of war Is adroitly brought to the
front and the real points nt Issue obscured.
It Is not the fault of the United States
that England has gone to war with two
little republics , whoso boundaries optni on a
neutral state. That la the fault of England.
If she did not like the situation she shuiild
have taken steps to better It , cltlur by
purchasing Delagoa bay or by some ar
rangement with Portugal. England has no
right to blockade Delagoa bay. She has
Just as much right to blockade the 'port of
New York or Bremen or Cherbourg , or any
other neutral port In the world. If contra
band goods are furnished the Boers from
Portuguese territory , that is a matter for
Eugland to settle with Portugal and not
with the United States or Germany.
In other words , the talk about contraband
goods is outsldo ot the question and can
only be brought In by implication or for
the purpose of obscuring the Issue. It Is
quite time that Great Britain was taught
that she Is amenable to International law
as the other powers of the earth ; that when
principles aie once established she Is not
excepted from their operation and that If
she undertakes a war under certain lim
itations ehe has not the authority or power
to compel the rest of the world to help her
to remove these limitations. Of course ,
the case of the United States Is stronger
than that of Germany , so far as the ques
tion of contraband goods nan enter into
It , because the property of Americans which
has been seized Is not contraband nnd
to concede that It Is contraband would be
to make every known article of commerce
contraband.
The seizures nro not only outrages upon
the rights and dignity of the United States ,
but there Is n serious commcrclnl side to
them of the grnvcst Importance to the fu
ture trade of the country. The trade of
the United States with Delagoa bay Is only
a few millions of dollars and has probably
been destroyed by tbcso seizures ; but the
trade of the United States in brendatulTs
with the rest of the world amounts to
nearly $300,000,000 , or , to bo exact , It wns
last year $488,400,012. If this commerce Is
to ba seized whenever the European nn-
llons go to war with each other and that
Is the meaning of the seizures made the
other day what have American farmers to
look forward to ? The Injustice Is made
peculiarly aggravating when It is remem
bered that Great Britain purchase 1 In this
country everything she wanted for her arm
ies In South Africa and shipped It through
American ports direct to Cape Colony ,
itinong the Items being ono of 25,000 mules.
She should not be allowed to defy Interna
tional law and destroy American commerce
In her efforts to prevent the B'ers from
Betting their llttlo Hhare. If she can law
fully cut off their supplies that la all right ;
but she should not ho permitted to make a
toot ball of American commorrn.
< ; itOAV'M ' ! 'AM ) .VO1IODV llt'llT.
Kireet of Fret * Trinlu ivllli "Our In-
Hlllai * I'ONHt-HNloilM. "
MlnneupollH Journal ( rep. )
When Daniel Webster , in 1818 , protected
against Spending n cent by the govcinment
lo develop the country wcet of the Missis
sippi , ho had no Idea of thq persistent growth
if this nation In population and wealth. Wo
.lien hail a population of n llttlo over 23,000 , *
)00. ) Today we number not lens than 73,000-
300 and wo are still growing. The middle
west population Increased from 1SSO to 1'JOO ,
2 .7S > per cent ; the middle south Increased
! 3.02 per cent ; the western elates proper In-
; reased 71.27 per cent In the same period.
Herein wo have the explanation of the dc-
rclopmcnt of the agricultural and Industrial
Urcngth of the Interior. Now England Is
contributory to tbo manufactured output ,
rho west also sharr.1 , for as far back un
ISOO the census reports the manufactured
pioducU of Illinois al } 3iC2lUii ; , M com-
mri-il wllh thu Massachusetts valuation nf
f41tCO,9C'J ! ) , Chicago has become the second
nnnufncturlng city In the country. The
loutli. from being a cipher In manufacturing
nduBtrk's nt the close of the war , In the
-cal , Iron nnd strut and cotioti growing and
oltnn mnnufucturlug , has developed nun-
licdH of millions of substantial value ,
U IH ( ivIJrnt that people who profess la
: > c nfrnld Ihut the opening of the states to
sugar and tobacco , hemp and fruits grown
n Purito Itli'o nnd the Philippines will
imilhll.ito the piX'chu'i-ra ' of tlieuc urllcloH
n ( he HtnU'c. uro oblivion * of the fact *
Mated n to the growth of population and
; ho extent of manufacturing and agrlcul-
i turnl Industries westward and southward.
' Now England has not been "ruined" by iho
big development of manufacturing In the
west nnd south. The development of Iho
ell Industry In the went nml notably ID
California In latf yours hn * not "ruined"
the eastern oil producers. The west even
sells manufactured products to the. east
Is anybody ruined by the fact ? With a
population of TR.OOO.OOO and growing , our
sugar producers nro not able to supply the
homo demand by n million ton * . Puerto
Hlco tons not been nble to produce tnora
thnn CO.OOO tons of sugar. Its coffee prcul
net would not hurt anybody , for we do not
ralso coffee. The bnlinna crop Is conaumoJ
on the Island. The ornnge crop Is con
sumed nt home. Puerto Hlco tobacco
would not compete with our domestic to
bacco , which Is used chiefly for binders ,
while the Puerto Hlco pioduet IB chiefly
ured for flllcr. . Where Is the menace of
Puerto Itlco products to our Industries'
As for hemp , n hemp ring has put up the
prlco to such a high figures that the opening
of the fouthorn hemp ports ot the Philip *
, pines for the benefit of our hemp consum
ers will be n positive * advantage , nnd th
Philippine sugar will eome In the future ( o
aid In supplying our domestic market. Tin
addition of Philippine sugar wilt have u/j
moro Injurious effeci upon the home sugar
demand nnd production than has the > man
ufacture of agricultural Implements In
Minnesota wrought upon the pnmo kind ol
works In New York state or Ohio. This Is
n rapidly growing country. The home nnd
export demand for all the producta men
tioned Is so enormous that territory must
constantly bo developed to supply It. Tin
objection to Puerto Hlcan or Phlllpplni
Imports under our trade system Is based on
the hypothesis , apparently , that this coun
try Is In a Blngnnnt condition.
OK I'-llN.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Hut his irouser
knees nre so big and buggy. "
"So Is his bank account. "
Chicago Times-Herald : "Why nre you
so sure- lie Is In love with you ? "
"He remained thirty minutes on his kneem
on the Ice with his gloves off "pulling " on a
pair of skates that other men have put on
for mo In less tlmn three minutes.
Philadelphia Press : "My proudest boiiBl , "
declared the lecturer , who expected his
statement to be greeted with cheers , "Is
that 1 was ono of the men behind tin
guns ! "
"llo\v many miles behind ? " piped a volc
from the gallery.
Indianapolis Journal : Visitor Harry ,
have you tried all tbe remedies kind friends
prescribed for your malady ?
Invalid Good gracious , no ! If I had I'd
have been ( lend nnd hurled flvo years ago.
New York Press : She 1 had a kiss stolen
from me yesterday ,
llo No wonder.
She \VJJV ?
Ho You shouldn't purse your lips. I
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes. he claimed
his wlfp plnrhod him severely whenever she
asked him for money. "
"Well , ho needn't llntlcr himself that ho
Is the only man who has been pinched for
money. "
Chicago Tribune : "What Is your age ,
madam ? " asked the judge of a witness.
"Your honor , " answered the lady , "that
Is something 1 will leave to your kind In
dulgence. "
Washington Star : "I noticed , " said Scnn-
tor Sorghum , "Hint you said 1 wns In a fair *
way lo fro elected. " ft
"Wasn't Uint correct ? " H1
"Oh , It'll do very well for popular pur
poses , although 'there Is no use of any of
us people on the Inside trying' to hug de
lusions. I'm In n wily to bo elected all
right. But I dunne ns It'll be so very fair. "
"AHEIt-MT. "
Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
( A rag-tlmo soliloquy by a Boer. The dia
lect is within ten thousand miles of the
real thing. )
Bey saldt I van
A numpskull.
Dey made fun of aneln lint.
Snldt J . . .
Vos scnret of Vater ,
Ui U nlelfed der vorldt
Vos lint.
Dey saldt dot I vouldt run
Some ,
For tear delr shells
Vouldt hit ;
Undt I vouldt BOOH
Siirronter.
Veil , I
Ult-
Aber-nlt !
Dey saldt :
"Ve'll tnko Pretoria ,
Undt den ve'll
Nub Oem Paul ,
Undt put him In
'Dor ' lot'k-up ,
Tledt to n. chain undt pall. "
Uey saldt
iDey'd make us
Sorry
Dot ve dlt vet
Vo dlt
Dey'd make us lose.
Some Kelt-mines.
Undl dey
Ult-
Abcr-nlt !
Dey say
Dey 'mnko some chnrclK's ,
Undt r-r-run us
Off der vorldt ,
Undl mnko UH sorry dot vo
Dot 1/ion'w
Tall tincurledt.
'But ' den ,
In cfery clddy
DOHO Prlddlnh chenruls
Sit.
Undt say
Doy'll soon
Surround us , undt
Dey vlll-
Aber-nlt !
"Rubber.
This is the proper sea
son to "Rubber. "
You can "Rubber"
around our Suit tables.
You can "Rubber"
around our Overcoat
Tables.
You can'"Rubber"
around our Ulster tables.
You can "Rubber"
around our Pants tables ,
And you will find bar
gains on any of them
and especially at this time
of the year.
Where there is only
one or two of a kind
there is sure to be a big
cut in the price to close
them out.
There are some at i
and some at i price.
But come in and Rub
ber before you make any
purchase pertaining to
Men's Apparel.