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THE OMAHA DAILY JiEE: SATURDAY, FElVRUAItY 24, li)00.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
IS. HOSEWATEK, Editor.
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Subscribed nnd sworn beforo mo this 1st
day of February, A. IX 1900.
(Seal) M. B. irUNOATE.
Notary Public.
For Introductions to the leaders of
Omaha's fashionable society sec their
portraits In The Hoe, Sunday.
Tho pipe line between tho poKrrntlc
organ and certain republican renegades
seems to be in active working order.
Tho National llutterinakers' conven
tion overlooked a bet when It failed
to securo Congressman Cowherd of Mis
souri to deliver an address.
Omnha's zoological garden is receiv
ing additions from time to time.
Agnlnst this kind of expansion no pro
test Is registered.
It takes Washington's blrthdny to In
form us how many sons of revolution
ary sires we are associating with every
day without knowing it.
The 'Illustrated Hoc will present as Its
frontispiece a large, clear portrait of
Frank 1-J, Mooros, republican candidate
for mayor of Omaha. Post the picture
In your window.
Our amiable contemporary Insists
that It is not engaged in a mud-sllnglng
'campaign. It litis become so accus
tomed to mml-sllnging that it takes It
to bo the natural order of events.
Washington's blrthdny Is becoming
more of a national holiday from year to
year. It Is sufo to say that never be
foro wns It so generally celebrated, es
pecially lu Omaha and the west, as it
was this year.
Tho homo Industry exhibition, which
Is Hearing Its close, has for two weeks
been emphasizing tho admonition to pa
tronize homo industries. Hut tho home
newspapers, on the other hand, are re
inforcing this doctrlue every day of the
year.
lias Secretary of Stato Porter gone
Into retirement with the groundhog? If
he has ho can depend upon It neither
the secretaries of the Hoard of Trans
portation nor Treasurer Meserve will
wako hlui up when the sis weeks have
passed.
The great prize of fusion, so far as
populists are concerned, Is the promise
of one-third of tho appointive olllces to
bo given to persons who profess the
populist political creed. With this very
tempting bait tho populist sucker Is
sure to bite.
Indiana and Kentucky populists will
havo none of fusion. lu states where
democracy is strong aud populism com
paratively weak tho treatment of pop
ulists has uot been such us to convince
them thai democracy is a brother or
even n friend.
Council Muffs is about to follow
Omaha's lead lu inaugurating a mu
nicipal campaign for the selection of
city olllcers. Wo note that even In
Council Hluffs It Is us hard to satisfy
tho demand for business men In polit
ical places ns In every other city.
Hrynn expresses satisfaction with tho
location of tho next national conven
tion of democracy. There Is no reason
why he should not, ns It Is generally
recognized to be his wish to hold it
where It would be the most potential In
keeping tho fusion populists In Hue.
Tho attorney general has found It
necessary to apologize, to tho .supremo
court for tho bad grammar and the
poor law contained In one of his briefs
of receut tiling, It Is expensive to the
state, but Nebraska litis always been
willing to go the limit on any oducti
tionul scheme which promises results,
A dispatch to a popocratle organ states
that at' a recent leasing of school lands
by Commissioner Wolfe most of tho
land was picked up by speculators. Can
It be possible tho great guardian of the
rights, of settlers should permit Aim
odious speculator to get possession of
school lauds, unless tho speculators are
clerks lu stato olllces V
U'lU, FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
The reply of General Oronjo lo Lord
Kltcliener'H deuinud for surrender, Unit
lie wns determined lo light (o the dentil,
expressed the feeling Unit pervndes the
entire. Boer forces. These bravo people
did not deelore wnr ngitlnst their pow
erful nntngonlst without having fully
counted the cost. They nndersto'od the
great odds ngiilnst them nnd knew Unit
thousands of lives must be sacrificed In
order to maintain their Independence
and they went Into the conlllct de
termined to light to Uio bitter end,
This they will do and the end Is
still remote, for while the overwhelming
Hrltlsh forces nre pushing the Honrs
back and slowly gaining some advan
tages. Uio defenders of tho republics are
far from being conquered and there Is
no doubt that Kuglnnd will ilnil It
necessfiry to send many more soldiers
to .South Africa before sho will be able
to subdue her courageous foe. The
one great advantage Hnglaiul has Is
tho ability to maintain tier lighting
strength. For every man sho loses an
other can bo scut to the scene of war.
The Hoers have no such resource In
men. It Is probable that the two re
publics now have under arms nearly
or quite all tho men available. A dis
patch states that itmoiig some prisoners
taken by Uio IhlUsh were a man of SO
and a boy of 10. This Indicates Unit
practically all the IJoers cnpable of mil
itary service nre In the Held. Success
lit war results from the most powerful
combination of skill, courage, en
durance, numbers nnd muterlal re
sources. In the last two essentials
Great Itrltalu has vastly the advantage
and It Is upon this that she relies for
ultimate conquest. In skill and courage
the lloers are at least equal If not
superior to their enemy.
Tho civilized world Is watching the
progress of the conlllct In South Africa
with Increasing Interest and the brave
words of C'ronjo will intensify sym
pathy with the defenders of the re
public.
VXHtCllllA TIXO UMA HA .
In his speech delivered lu the FJghth
ward Thursday night Candidate Popple
ton said that "Omaha Is the most back
ward, most old-fashioned and least
progressive city lu tho middle west."
This Is a most uncalled-for as well as
untruthful rellectlou upon the city to
which Mr. Poppleton owes his allegi
ance. While Candidate Poppleton may
not bo aware of tho fact, Omaha ranks
everywhere as one of the enterprising
and progressive cities lu tho United
States. The Transmlsslsslppl Exposi
tion alone demonstrated that fact be
yond peradventure. No other city east
or west of Its population and resources
has yet been able to match that achieve
ment. And when it Is borne in mind
that the great exposition was piojected
on the heels of the most distressing
drouth and business depression from
which tills section litis ever suffered and
carried out In tho face of u distracting
war that monopolized nil attention, It Is
an insult for any one to charncteily.e
Omaha as the ihost unprogresslve and
backward city in tho middle west.
If the city lias been unprogresslve lu
some directions It Is due to the moss
back and obstruction element of which
Mr. Poppleton Is a typical representa
tive. If Omaha had depended upon that
class of its population for great under
takings and public improvement, it
would still be a mere village today. It
would have gone without pavements or
sewers for fear of Increasing taxation
and tho municipal ownership problem
would not bo very pressing because wo
would still be drawing our water out or
wells and cisterns and lighting our bus
iness streets with gasoline.
If Omaha hud to depend oil that class
of people for lis future growth the cen
sus of 11)30 would llnd Omaha ranking
behind Lincoln and Hastings and Mr.
Poppleton's Muff tract would revert
back to the original comlield.
The fact Is that Omaha's future, like
Its past, rests with the men of push and
pluck and public spirit. If It is to be
turned over to t lu? young pull-backs nnd
uie oui mossnacKs, u win unvo (iiiuciiity
In keeping up with Its rivals In the race
for commercial and Industrial su
premacy. ItHSTlilGTlOXS TO CUXTlXVt:.
It appears certain that the restrictions
imposed by the German government
upon the Importation of American meats
are to continue. The commission of the
Uelchstag to which was referred the
meat Inspection bill has adopted the de
mands of the agrarians uud while Uie
measure Is not, of course, directly alined
at this country Its effect will be more
severely felt hero thnu by any other
country.
The bill prohibits the Importation of
ennucd, corned uud pickled meats, ns
well as sausage. The Importation of
hams aud bacou Is permitted mid fresh
ments will only bo admitted in whole
carcasses. Preserved and prepared meats
will only bo allowed to bo Imported
when coucededly harmless. A dispatch
from Washington states that If this pro
posed legislation Is adopted and It un
doubtedly will bo the contemplated ne
gotiations for a treaty of reciprocity be
tween Germany and tho Putted Stales
will probably not take place. It Is be
lieved that our government will be
obliged to declare Unit the bill will uot
meet Its desires and that It must there
fore decline to undertake negotiations
looking to a reciprocity treaty.
This Is manifestly the proper courso
for our government to tako and while
It would probably uot In the least dis
concert tho German agrarians It might
have tho effect to more strongly con
vince other interests of the serious mis
take that Is being made in continuing
the restrictions upon meat Importations
and Increase the sentiment against that
policy. It Is obviously to uo purposo to
talk of reciprocity with a country which
Is determined to shut out of Its markets
ono of our most important products, thu
question being rather whether retalla
tlon would not bo the wise uud proper
course. Keclproclty would certainly bo
ns beneficial to Germany ns to the
Uulted States, aud perhaps more so, so
that If Germany does not desire It milll
clently to make some fair nnd reason
able concession In respect to American
meats there Is no reason why our gov
ernment should enter Into negotiations
looking to reciprocity.
It appears evident Unit closer com
mercial relations between the two coun
tries nre not to bo hoped for hi the near
future. The statement of President
McKlnley in his Inst annual message,
that Germany can be assured of the
most cordial cooperation of this gov
ernment nnd people lu nil that promises
closer relations of Intercourse and com
merce ii nd a better understanding be
tween two races having so many traits
In common, which seemed to be so fa
vorably received In Germany, evi
dently made no Impression upon tho
agrarian element, whose Intluence Is
shown to be still powerful. On the
other hand It Is to be apprehended that
the trade relations may become less In
timate than at present, for there can be
no assurance that the aggressive policy
of tho agrarians will uot be carried so
far as to compel retaliation on the part
of this country. Such nil eventuality
would be altogether unfortunate, but
the United States would not be chief
sufferer from It.
rim suxdav hke.
The Hce Sunday will be one of Its
most attractive numbers. While It will
contain all tho news of the world by
special cables and telegraph service,
this will be true particularly of Tho
Illustrated Hce.
The frontispiece this week Is a line
portrait of Frank 12. Moorcs, the re
publican candidate for mayor of Omaha,
who has been renominated for the olllce
lie now holds. Explanatory of the por
trait Is a pertinent and readable sketch
of the mayor's career, with side lights
upon his popular characteristics.
Of particular Interest to women read
ers of the paper will be the gallery of
portraits of representative leaders of
Omaha's fashionable society circles,
showing them as they appear In their
social rounds. These pictures are re
produced rrom photographs taken es
pecially for The Hoe and Introduce per
sonages familiar to all who scan the
society columns from week to week.
Another Illustrated article with local
bearing Is that which tells about har
vesting the Ice crop for Omalia, with
photographic Illustrations of the men at
work on the reservoir and at Florence
piling up chunks of congealed frigidity
for cooling purposes next summer.
Frank G. Carpenter's letter describes
present conditions and prospects lu
Japan, with special stress niton com
mercial and industrial aspects. The
Instructive illustrations give an Insight
Into modern Japan, Its streets and
bridges, its artisans and laboring classes.
An entertaining story, with accom
panying portraits, explains how C. H.
Loonils. who writes humorous sketches
under the nom do plume of M. Quad,
got 'started In newspaper work a;id
made ills lilt as the funny man of the
Detroit Free Press.
These are only a few of the striking
features of the next number of Tho
Hoc. It will be tilled with good thlnu's.
literary and pictorial, and in such va
riety as to please and satisfy the most
exacting.
He sure and read The Sunday Hce.
One of the place hunters ou the fusion
ticket Is trying to make capital out of
The Hee's reminder that the fuslonlsts
have nominated a bricklayer for comp
troller and a plumber for city clerk.
This reference contains no aspersion
upon the trades unions or upon honest
labor, but political parties sometimes
try to drive square pegs Into round
holes. This was shown when the critic
of The Hce, who happens to be a
physician, was put on the Ilerdinan po
lice commission aud ot beyond his
depth.
It Is a boast of the State Harbors' F.x-
ninliilng board that It has reduced the
number of practicing tonsorial artists
In Nebraska by KM). If so, this is a ter
rible calamity which the board should
take immediate steps to repair. Kach
barber who Is granted a license to oper
ate must pay a fat fee for sustaining
the Income of the board members and
lis policy should be to expand rather
than to contract the number of barbers
who pay annual tribute to their coffers.
The party now making one of Its
principal campaign ctirds tho "crime" of
placing the, labor of this country into
competition with the pauper labor ot
the Philippines Is the same party which
now and for years has advocated a
tariff policy which would throw the
markets of this country open to the
heap labor of nil the world. In this
crv it Is about as sincere as lu most
of Its Issues.
The negative quality of the demo
emtio party was again illustrated lu
the debute in tho national committee on
lixlng a date for the national conven
tlon. The principal argument, am
the ono which prevailed, for the hold
lug of a late convention was that It
could then be able to take ground In
opposition to tho republicans. Thu prln
clpal stoclc In trade of democracy has
always been "I object."
If resolutions uud denunciations would
kill the trusts, democracy would have
consigned them all to oblivion long ago,
rnfortunately tho combinations are not
such tender plants. When It comes to
doing something practical for relieving
the situation, democracy is always wunt-
lug. It Is llko the doctor who fall
to effect a coiuploto cure of his patient
for feur ho will run out of practice,
Yltjltlu;; lumbermen in nttcmluucn ou
their stato iifisocltitlon meeting nro In
vited to nvnll themselves of OiiuiIiii'h
most conllnl liospltnllty. Although lum
ber litis pono up, wo will try to beur no
pnulco on tlint iiccount, becnuso wo do
not bellovo tho retull denlers aro to
blame. If Uio lumber barons should
I
come within reach they might be held
to account.
Where l"uiiilitiit ion Is Needed.
Detroit Free Press.
There Is no way out of it for Moutana.
It la either honoycombed with brlbc-glvers
and bribe-takers, or with perjurers. Tho
whole commonwealth should bo fumigated.
Mnrt rloti (ipiii'roslty.
Indlunnuolht Press". ,
Lord Itobcrts to Free Stato burghers:
England Is your friend; sho "bears you uo
ill will." All sho wants ,1s to bo let alone
lo do as Bho pleases. Dear, kindly "Llttlo
Bobs!"
An Ideal Putt-lot.
Wushlngton Post.
Colonel Moso Wctmoro, tho plug tobacco
connoisseur, was a participant In tho latest
anti-trust conference. Moso showed his de
votion to tho cnuso by chewing his tobacco
and listening to all of tho speeches.
Fnlr Piny tin Host Policy.
Philadelphia North American.
It Is never good politics to offend the
American peoplo's senso of fair play. That
Is n fact which It wilt bo wise for those to
remember who seek to evade the doing of
our plain duty by tho Porto Illcaus.
Clear mill to the Point.
alobe-Demoernt.
Mr. Hay states to congress, over his sig
nature as secretary of state, that "no secret
alliance, convention, arrangement or under
standing exists between tho United States
and any other nation." No language could
bo mora explicit.
Generosity of Hip liners,
Cleveland Leader.
British testimony to the kindness shown
by tho Boers to tho wounded British BOldlcrs
ho fall Into their hands nccutnuiatcs
stcndUy. It has already reached such a
mass that tho evidence can hardly bo dis
puted by tho blindest and most bigoted
enemy of tho Dutch farmers who arc waging
tho most unequal struggle In history for
Independent nnd self-government.
All II Ml- Of I'll 1 1! tit 1.IIWH.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The commissioner of patents, la his an-
nuul report, deprecates "tho practice of
keeping applications for patents in tho office
for an Indefinite number of years, it is, in
deed, contrary to public policy, us tho pub
lic had occasion to learn In tho caso of tho
celebrated Berliner telephone patents, and
should bo prohibited. If tho commissioner
has no power in tho matter, congress should
set a reasonable, but short time, within
which a patent must bo either granted or re
fused. Who I !l't for tin- roiiiitiwf
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Tlte most obscure usefulness in tiny decent
nd Industrious citizen Is of moro valuo to
his kind and to tho commonwealth than tho
most spectacular, oracular and resplendent
Inutility of any wulklng, talking delcgato
whom this day and generation have seen
arraying class against class and kindling
discontent In every section.
Who Is best for tho country the honest
and Intelligent laborer who develops Its
resources, or tho flippant, shallow nnd self
seeking declalnicr who fishes for votes and
prominence? When a citizen asks his fellows
o do much for hltn the great multitude.
should reply: "What have you ever ac
complished for the state for us?
When I'ulillelly U llnimcrom.
Chicago Chronicle.
With characteristic Imbecility the nuthorl-
tcs of tho Indianapolis public library have
gratuitously ndverttsed two nasty books by
giving public notlco that,l tho objectlonablo
works havo been ipr.qwn out or tne norary.
Tho inovltnblo roljult. Will bo that half tho
fool people in Inftli'ilapolls adults as well
as youths will know no peace of mind until
they havo bought and road tho inlcnucieu
smut. Between the supcrvlrtuous, Idiotic
librarian ami the sensational preacher tho
writers of Indecent books aro stiro of an
audience these days. Their null Is ad
vertised for them without tho necessity of
expending a dollar in the ordinary methods
of nttnining publicity.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
New Jersey Is veering around to November
elections.
Mississippi threatens to limit appropria
tions for uegro Bchoola to the taxes paid by
negroes.
Tho net rovenuo of the stato of Now York
from excise license last year was $4,200,000,
now the largest separate Item ot tux rovenuo
In tho state.
Governor J. Hlley Tanner of Illinois has
captured several political kopjes from Oom
Shelby. Tho latter Is trekking for other
senatorial defensos.
Tho mayor of a Michigan city has served
ten terras consecutively and it Is announced
that ho is in tho Held for nn eleventh, with
good prospects ot success.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruffs vice pres
idential campaign encounters too much frost
to bo effective. Ilia gorgeous waistcoats
cannot bo displayed to advantage.
Noverthlees nnd nothwlthstautllng. Kankaa
City can suoply all the Mllwnukeo schooners
neceEsary to Irrigate tho democratic throng.
Also tho fluid that burrows like n rasp.
In destroying his canceled checks and
stubs Senator Clark deprived an anxious
public of tho most nttractivo llgure that
greaBed Montana politics Blnco the vigi
lantes of Last Chance gulch went out of
business.
In New Yoik and Illinois the ofllce of
Htato architect ban been created to prepare
planH for nil buildings constructed or nl
tercd at Htato expense. Tho snlury of tho
state architect lu $7,500 In New York nnd
$.r.000 In Illinois.
General Wndo Hampton tool; ndvantage
of liryan'H presence In South Carolina Inst
week to ak him to drop tho sliver issuo
and glvo tho gold democrats a rensonablo
opportunity to support hlra on tho null- tho Levant. Brazil, Japan and Corea, Vene
lmporlalism question. zuehi nnd Colombia, Central America; La
nm- vnhini.i uimiiinn nnto.i
preacher of ColumbuM, ().. nnd an advocato
of municipal reform, offers himself as a ' i",rlH lrul" lm' 'uru'K "i.i " '"""i "'
candidate for the city council. He would j0"1"' ,Tho domand is everywhere increas
bo of great service to tho city, but the,""?; JUo society placed 10.000 bibles in
Hlatemukcrs resent tho Intrusion of brains.
, ,,,,, , , . ,
Oeorgo Fred WllllnmB insists on u longer
perlod of probation beforo Bourke Coelc
ran Is admitted to tho main fusion tent
by tho front door. Mr. Cockran. though
In n receptive mood, must cool his heels
In tho sldo show, or "mako n sneak" whllo
Georgo Fred Is oft duty.
it Inst year's election the democrats of
Pennsylvania, though defeated by more than
100.000 plurality In tho stnte, carried twenty-
seven counties nnd enmo within n fraction
of carrying threo other counllcs. n total of
thirty cf the sixty-seven counties Into which
Pennsylvania Is divided.
Tho republicans of Florida are first In
tho field with their delegation to the re
publican convention," though ono of tho die
trlcts of Ponnsylvnnla elected Its repre
sentatives in December at n district, and
not nt n stato, convention, as was tho caso
in Florida. Up to dnto nil republican con
ventions havo been fnvorablo to tho renom
lnntlon of President McKlnley.
Tho legislature ot California paid to ex
Scnalor Stephen M. Whlto a tribute with
out precedent or parnllel in the states. After
tho legislature had elected Thomas 11. Hard
a United States senator tho Joint ntsembly
adopted rewilutlons thanking Senator White
for tho distinguished services bo had ren
dered tho etato In the United States sen
ate. Tho resolutions were beautifully en
grossed nnd signed by the officers of the
legislature and presented to Mr. White by
a committee, named for that duty,
ri.Mi:.
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tho
nv of Lincoln' Driith.
Lieutenant A. W. Thomson of Company I
0, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer cavalry, relates '
la the New York Independent tho following
historic incident of tho civil wnr:
Tho war being practically over I was seat
from our camp at Llneolnton to Charlotte,
N. C. under a ling of truce. Having entered
tho town with E. M. Clark, n member of my
company, ns an escort, I was conducted to I
General Echols' headquarters, In a large j
upper room, evidently a schoolroom. 0tr
guide pointed nut the general, a lino looking,
rottly gentleman seated at a table. Ilemov- .
ing my hat, I advanced and laid my papers j
on tho table, and said: "General Kchols, I ,
presume. These dispatches aro from Gen
eral nillam. Shall I wait for an answer?"
"Please bo seated," tho general said.
Glancing abound I saw about sixteen or
eighteen gentlemen, nil, with ono or two. i
exception, In military uniform. Colonel Cal
Morgan, a brother of Oeneral John Morgan,
of raiding fame, came to where I was sit
ting, and, shaking hands, said: "I believe
you nnd I are not altogether strangers."
Ho had been our prlfoner a year or to be
fore. While wo chatted a gentleman In a
civilian mellow gray suit turned to address
General Echols. The cold staro of a glass
ryo caught my attention, and the feRtures
were somewhat familiar.
"Ah! Jeff Davis, and you here, pressed
to tho wall." was my first thought. But I
saw a much plcasantcr-faccd man than our
northern papers had pictured hltn. A dis
patch was handed to General Echols, who
read and ro-read it, with an anxious, earn
est look upon his face. Half rising ho passed
tho papers to Mr. Davis, who read It slowly,
and, handing it back, remarked: "Well, wo
havo lost a generous enemy."
I paid llttlo Attention to what Mr. Davis
said, supposing one of our northern generals
had been killed or died. The dispatch went
tho rounds of nil, finishing In Colonel Mor
gan's hands, who osked General Echols, If
consistent, to allow mo to read It.
"Oh, yes; give It to him!" he said; when
I read:
"GKEENSHOHO, N. C. April .Lincoln
was assassinated tho night of the 11th in
Ford's theater. Seward was aasupslnatod
about tho samo time in his own house.
Grant has marched his army back to Wash
ington to declare himself military dictator.
"(Signed) J. E. JOHNSTON."
I cannot recall the exact date ot the dis
patch. Hut It noceFnarlly traveled slowly, ns
we had cut nil tho telegraph wires, burned
bridges, torn up railroads and Impeded
travel all wo could.
It was not long till Mr. Davis left tho
room nnd aovcral others followed.
General Echols nuked: ".Mr. Thomson,
whero Ih Burbrldgo and his ipggors?"
"Just back of Llneolnton," I said.' Being
somewhat incensed at the question I said:
"I boo you havo President Davis with you,
general?"
Looking around the room the general said:
"No, Mr. Davis is not here."
"But," nald I, "ho was here a minute ago."
".Mr. Thomson, I nm surprised nt your ask
ing any such questions while hero under n
Hag of truce."
"Oh! I beg pardon, general, you broko
down that bar by asking as to Burbrldge and
his niggers."
General Echols, smiling, said: "Yes, Presi
dent Davis Is with us."
After a hasty repast furninhed by Mrs.
Echols wo left for our post.
THU A.llIlllKJA.V 1III1LM .SOCIETY.
Tho American Blblo society, whose corre
sponding secretary, Iiev. William I. Haven of
Now York City, nnd whoso field secretary,
Itev. S. W. Dickinson of St. Paul, Minn.,
havo been spending two or three days In this
city addressing public meetings in .'the in
tercfits of tho bible cause, Is ono of tho
great missionary forces of the country.
Though tho society is In Its eighty-fourth
year It was never more vigorous than It Is
today. Its Issues for tho last ten years havo
nveraged over 1,400.000 copies annually.
This average Is Just about that for tho pre
ceding ten years and Its output therefore
during tho last quarter of tho century Is the
greatest In Its history. Its central oIIIccb In
New York City nro In tho Blblo house, a
maiding elected by tho generosity of New
York cltlzenB, whoso rentals tako caro of tho
general exccutlvo expenses with a very
slight deficiency, so that tho monoys which
romo from individuals, from tho churches
nnd from legacies aro almost entirely used
in tho benevolont work of tho society. It
has largo annuities placed In Its hands upon
which It pays a moderate Interest nnd theso
annuities tire kept ns a scparato trust fun I
until tho death of those who placed them
with tho society, so that tho Institution Is
managed by n board of gentlemen represent
ing tho dlfforuit Protestant denominations In
a most businesslike manner.
It prints lis enormous issues In many
languages. Its presses aro busy In New
York City nnd It has largo contracts In
Constantinople, Shanghai, Yokohama and
in ono of the cities or Slam. Tho largest
part of Its output last year was distributed
in foreign lands. It, however, has a very
largo homo missionary work. Thcro aro
some l.GOO different blblo societies In tho
United Stntcs nmilated with. It as auxiliaries.
Ono has Just been reorganized In this city
and another has beon organlze.l in South
Omaha. Theso auxiliaries handle tho pub
lications of tho society, which nro nil sold
nt cost. It, makes a specialty of Inexpen
sive testaments nnd well bound, thoroughly
mndo bibles. It publishes n tCBtnftient for
5 cents nnd n blblo for 1." cents, and It pub
lishes theso books at different prices In all
the languages spoken by tho foreign peoples
living In our country. Wo understand that
in this city thcro are some 8,000 or 10,000
Bohemians, with less than n doen copies of
tho blblo in tho Bohemian language, it Is
not connected with tho llrms that havo re
cfsmy ineronHej mo prices or tneir mines, ns
It Is a benevolent institution aud publishes
nt cost and makes lnrgo donations
o do-
uoniltiatlounl and other homo mlFlomiry
1 agencies. It has twelvo foreign agencies In
I I'lntii, Cuba, Porto Hlco. China. Slum and
1 I-n0B n"'1 "to Philippine Islands. Tho re-
uuu oeioio imo nisi unmrremun i mm wiu.u
ma uemiinu in i.uuu a muiiwi ui wii- irtuui
; Uw(J , Ul0 ,,,,, TllU s u cillls0 ,
which nil tho Christian churches nro inter
ested and our pulpltB have boon opened with
great cordiality to theso visiting representa
tives of thla national organlzntlnn.
Convention of I'oNtiniiNli-i-N
S"i
LOUIS. Feb. 23. Tho convention
of
! Missouri postmasters, which met hero yes-
terduy nnd organized n stato nssncintion
with K. W. Bnumhoff of St. Louis as pres
ident, resumed lis session today. A solid
endorsement of tho World's fair project fol
lowed tho address on that subjpet by ex
Governor D. R. Francis. A number of sub
jects wero under discussion today nnd reso
lutions wcro introduced nnd referred. Among
thorn wns one endorsing a bill now beforo
congress, Increasing tho
remuneration of
I fourth-class postmasters und another con
derailing tho star routo system and demand
Ing that It bo reformed.
"Sn!ilio" t'lise Coilllniieil.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Tho case of Olga
Nethersole, wheso production of "Sapho"
caused her arrest on Wednesday, was today
adjourned in the Center street court till
next Tuesday. Tho muglstrnto decided that
the hearing should bo private. Sovernl well
dressed ami rellned-looklng women who had
been summoned ns witnesses protested vo-
UU.MtMSCEM'KS OF U Alt
hemently that they had been "dragged Into creased $320,000,000, exports $180,000,000. In
tho cao" through being Induced to sign a nlno months of 1899 tho Inrreaso of exports
petition against the play, not tbtuk.lpg. Out) over tho llko period In 1898 -was $41,000,000.
It woillslst OllSia JUltttWUU ft'9rUA?r!y German QcJiPlarshrr- and, raillery
A Michigan Miracle
Speech Restored after Nearly 13 Years.
771 Yptttantt Cbmmtretat, YpnlanU.Mith,
Many things nppenr uilrAculous
that nro really tho result of natural
laws, the workings of which cu ho
accurately predicted. A ttrlklug c.i
ample of this occurred In a promi
nent Michigan family recently, nnd
theroenn be no question aa to tho
truthfulness of tho narrative Blnco It
Unttoited bv Mrs. Harriot liegolc, of
Ypallitntl, Mich., n sister-in-law of
Mr. Joahun Ilegole, who was Gov
ernor of Michigan In 1S53-4. Mrs.
lleeolo said!
"In 1SS6 1 suffered from n sovero
Illness; during which my voice lei t
mo nnd I aid not speak abovo u
whisper for nearly 13 years.
"I whs treated by nvo local physi
cians nnd afterward consulted lend
ing specialist of New York. They
dlsgnosod my enno as partial paraly
sis, stating thnt tho loft sldo of my
throat was entirely paralyzed, tho
right sldo partially so. For nearly
eight years I havo sullered from u
sovcro stomach disorder and about
n year ago l ueeiueci to try Dr. WII- rri irnrrtti tttnnl
Hams' l'lnk IMIla for Palu People. J'"' Jlarrl" "toou.
"My stomarh troublnwns relieved, my genernl health beenmo Rrently Inv
proved nnd lo my surprise! I regHlned control of my vocal orRnns. 1 havo
used five boxes of tho pills nnd Inn November t spokuiitoud for tho first tlmo
In almost 13 years. I nm now 71 years of ugo nnd lmvo full control of my voice.
(Hlgued) Mils. IIahiukt A. llKUOMC."
Hworn to and subscribed boforo me this loth dnv of May, nt Ypsllantl,
Michigan. John 1. Kiiik, Xotiiry Public.
Dr. Williams' Pink I'llls for Palo I'eopto nro an unfailing spoclflo for such
diseases as locomotor ntuxlii, partial paralysis, Ht. Vitus' dance, sclatlrn,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tho nfter-oirectn of the grip, palpi
tntlonoftho heart, pnlo nnd sallow complexions, nnd nil forms of wcaknois
cither In malo or female.
Jn YY1LI
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trade mark
on every,
package.
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FOR
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EOPLE
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OTHIJU I.V.M1S THAN Ol US.
Of the twenty-eight new battleships pro
vided for in tho German naval bill seventeen
will be required to replace vessels which
will have become obsoleto before the gen
eral plan of enlargement shall have been
carried out sixteen years from now. Inns
much, however, as tho obsolescent ships
havo recently been modernized us far ns
their main structure would permit, it is pro
posed to first build thu eleven vessels which
will constitute actual additions to tho Ger
man battlo lleet. Two of this class nre to be
Inid down each year between now nnd 190.1,
nnd thu construction of tho odd ship will bo
begun In 1000. A similar plnn is to bo fol
lowed with regard to tho proposed new
cruisers, so that when tho vessels laid down
between now- nnd 1800 shall havo been com
pleted tho German navy will have attained
Us full contemplated strength In numbers,
thuugh not In power. In this manner Ger
many's ambition to shlno as a great naval
power may bo in n measure r rut I II oil within
eight instead of sixteen years; and each year
succeeding IPOS will mako her n little
stronger than tho year beforo by the dis
placement of old ships by new.
The latest reports show that districts In
India Inhabited by no fewer than 10,000,000
pcoplo aro In tho famluo area. There is an
other region, with at least L' 1,000, 000 Inhabi
tants, which Is suffering greatly from
scarcity nnd hunger. All India Is normnlly
very poor, except na to n Bmail minority of
the people. A crop failure means wholesilo
pauperism nnd general lack of even the
coarsest food lu nny district so nflllctcd. There
Is no wldo mnrgln between tho normal lot of
tho masses aud absoluto misery. In many
largo districts the present stato of the coun
try Is considered tho worst ever known. It
threatens an appalling death rate from tho
diseases which prey upon tho victims of hun
ger nnd misery. It would causo revolts be
cause of the despair of famlne-strlcken mil
lions if they wero less feeble, In Bplrlt and
body alike, and less used to witness whole
sale havoc wrought by hunger nnd pestilencs.
Tho history of Russia has been properly
called a chronicle of aggression, of conquest
and of nbsorptlon. In llfii, in the lelgn of
Ivan III. tho territory of Russia embraced
502,000 square miles. Now, exclusive of the
rights acquired In Manchuria, It reaches the
total of 8,060,282 square miles. Tho close ot
the eighteenth century saw tho remnants of
Poland nbsorliod. The present century began
with tho wresting of Georgia from Tut key.
nnd nt tho closo of tho first quarter two
slices of Persia had been added to Russia s
domains. When n halt century had been
nipasurcd tho Amur territory was occupied
and tho conquest of Central Asia was begun.
Tashkand was solzed and tho annexation of
KuIJa, Khiva. Khokand nnd .Merv quickly
followed. Today tho power of tho cznr ex
tends from tho eastern bordern of Sweden
and Germany to tho Pacific, and from tho
Arctic to Afghanistan. Within her boun-
durUs Is every kind ot climate, and she ha
many navlgablo rivers. What sho lacks Is
marltlmo nccess; and this has much to do
with tho courso of her history and with her
fnr-reachlng Bchemcs.
The correspondent of tho London Times In
Berlin directs attention to a curious cam
paign which the leading German Journals nro
mukltig against France, and especially
against tho French press. They accuse tho
lutter of endeavoring to bow distrust be
tween England and Germany with tho ob
ject of Isolating Germany nnd of ultra ting
England to tho sldo of tho dual ulliuu e. Some
of tho German writers pretend lo seo tho
effect of punslavlst muchlnutlons In vurlous
sections of the European press. The Berlin
Post, for example, quotes a Russian news
paper bb saying tint "there could bo no
greater mlsfortuno for Russia and for her
political mission than that she Hhould .nm"
Into conlllct with n civilizing power Ilk.
England." This It construes ns a warning
to those Germans who havo been manifest
ing hostility to Englnml, and assures them
that their uetlon Ih only promoting the
M-hpmrH of panslavlBtn nnd of French Chau
vinism. Tho correspondent points out that
nil this nervousness is unnecessary, as Kng-
land would ndt bo likely to adopt French or
Russian views of Germany dlploma.-y, and Is
Inclined to think that tho real object Is to
promnto n discussion of Ilritlsh relations
with tho European powers.
The new trans-Perslun railway will par
allel for a part of lis -ourso tho ono which
tho Germans uro building luross Asia Minor
to Basforuh nnd tldownter on the Persian
gulf. So far In the Persian enterprise Rus
sia has no admitted objoctlvo on the south
ern scacouot, hut will strike for ono when
ever an onnortunltY prosenls Itself, having
ns clear n perception as Gcrmnny of the j
importance of tho Indian trade which ouch
a port and entrepot would serve. Together J
tho two nations will am in restoring m
merco to tho courses through which it bus
intermittently flowed ami dried up for
"'""""" ' ,, ,u i.,
dayH or jargon ami iigiuni nimi,
has n stronger motive than Germany lo
reach out for n harbor on tho Arabian
sea and will keep nt work till It gets It.
tho Trans-Siberian road being a long step
In that direction.
Tho Industrial nnd commercial develop
mont of Germany In recent years has been
phenomenal. In 1803 its Imports wero worth
$!)!! 1,000,000. Us exports $772,000,000. Ill 1893
imports wero worth $1,301,000,000, exports
$952,000,000. In tho llvo years imports in-
WKimill IIHL POM!
a
Ui
Ot
ui
to
O
Ui
a
Sold by all
druggists, jo
cents per box;
six boxes, &?.j.
organizations were the unapproachable feat
of the nation, but now the thoroughness
of the German schools Is being applied In
lnd"try and tiade. with the results nbovo
Indiuitod. The open markets of tho world
have been utilized In tho best possible way.
A NMll.H lilt TWO.
ll(i?lou Tinnscrlpt: Mummsee I notice
that you stick to one kind of wine when
m dine ot t'hnmblur's nnd never touch
mi" others.
Brutwln Neither does the butler.
WiiHlilnztnu Mtur: "Onco in n while."
paid t'nclc Ebon. "a. man compllinftltd hls
so'f on habbln' patience when he's simply
too lazy to make u kick."
Indianapolis .lournal: "You nre n spend
thrift," exclaimed the man of -wealth.
"Yes." said tho titled tHti-lii-law.
"Iliivo you no high :rlnclplen In life?"
"Yes, sir. 1 nm one of the peoplo who
consider It a disgrace to die rich."
Chicago Post: "We ought not to nrrlvo
nt ii conclusion until wo havo looked at
both Hides thoroughly." said tho
philosopher.
"What nre you talking about now?"
nuked the Briton, rather Irritably, "nm
Tugela river?"
Detroit Free Press: "I hope- t mako my
self plain." said the woman, trying to ex
Ida I n ii cuestlon to n caller.
"I hopo not, madam," he responded. "T
would prefer that I bo stupid rather than
that you, be plain."
Detroit .lournnl: Philosophy teaches in
how easy It Is for nny man to forget his
troubles provided ho Is so fortunate as to
bo somebody else.
Philadelphia Pre?: "Isn't It slrange."
remarked the novelist, "that so many of
our rich people nllow thrlr children lo grow
to be so utterly worthless?"
"Oh. I don't know." replied the cvnlc;
"when people gel rich they'ro too busy
loekln.ir utter their ancestors to bother
much nbout their posterity."
Iiidlnuapo1l Press: Wllllcboy .Pop. the
paper says .Mrs. Smith was miignlllccntly
costumed. What was the matter?
Ills Father Not a thing. It moans she
wns out In her glad rags, togged up out
of sight, muklnir n. star piny In tho dry
coods line.
TAKE YOlilt CHOICE.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Around this land no man should roam
With discontented mind.
For every class a titling homo
With greatest e.iMo can llnd.
The writers all should go to Pcnn..
The debtors Hock lo O..
Ami Col. would be for colored men
A paradise, 1 know.
The mining class would llnd in Ore.
Aichaneo to raise tho wind,
And us you may have guessed befor,
Tho rich should go lo lnd.
Religious folk should go lo Mass.,
And bunko men to Conn.,
And lovers who would win n lass
jrhould llnd ii homo In Mon,
Tho bachelors should go to Miss.,
I'm sure you will agree.
And every maiden who reads this
Should tako n train for Me.
There Is u homo for farmer men
In Idaho, b'Kovh,
And money for the broko In Tenn.,
And room for tramps lu Wash.
Thu ski: should bo at home in 111,,
And drinking men In Kan.,
While Ark., uo doubt, with Joy would fill
The ancient river man.
All other persons near and far,
Whale'er their age or rex Is.
Who are not suited where they are,
Will llnd there's room in Texas.
Achilles wns in
vulnerable in every
part of the body
sac bis bccl. The
myth runs Hint lie
was rendered invul
nerable by lieitiK
dipped in the river
Styx in infancy, the
bccl by which he
was hem neiuK
the only part
not submerged
and there
fore retain
ini; its mor
tal weuk-
llCfiS.
Uveryono
has some
weak BtMit
in ins puy-
nical organism, nnd that weak spot is the
invariable uttneking point of disease.
No man i stronger than thnt weakest
f,put in him. We t;oe great robust look
ing incti go down like ninepins, at a
touch of disenhc, mid wonder nt it. It
is simply the wound in the weak spot,
the vulnerable heel of Achilles.
It is the office of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery to build tin the weak
places, to htrengthen the weak organs of
tlte body. It does thin on Nature's own
plan of nourishment. Proper food prop
erly assimilated mnkca n weak man
strong. Hut the man is only nn aggre
gution of parts, so that the strong man
menus strength of nil parts, heart, lungs,
liver, nerves, etc. "Golden Medical
Discovery " puts into Nnturc'a hands the
material by which the stotunch it
strengthened, the blood purified, the
nerves nourished, the lungs vitalised. It
makes the weak strong nnd tile sick well.
It contains uo alcohol or other intoxicant.
Mr X. J McKnight of Cades, WltllauuburK
Co., b. C , write . "1 had httn troubled with
rheumatism for twelve yearn, bad at timet I
could not leave my bed I v b.idly crippled,
Tried m nny doctort and two of tlicui gave me
up to die None of them did me much good
The paltis In inv back blp nnd leei (and it
times in my head), would nearly kill me, My
appetite wa6 very bod. I took five btttlea of tho
'Golden Medical I)lcovery' and four vlaia C
' I'd lets,1 and to-day uy health I iu(,i."