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STATEMENT OI-1 CIRCULATION.
State of Ni.brnskn. Douglas County, ss.:
George It. Tzschuck, secretary of Tim Beo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that thn actual number of full und
complete roples of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Ueo printed during the
month of Dccembor, 1900, was ns follows:
17 S.,D1
18 X7.780
19 S7,aiO
20 SM.2I0
21 M.a7,:i7o
22 U7.I-IO
23 U7,o:tO
u ii7,:no
25 it.vio
26 7,Bn
27 27,170
28 a7,:tio
23 27,210
30 2,(r
31 2(l,t)70
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22.".
27,:i(IO
27,200
27,:tno
27,120
27,100
27,420
iid.r.or.
27,:tio
27,270
27,1 10
27.2SO
27,72.-.
27,l.".0
1C 20,005
Totnl , .8lr,0S3
Less unsold and returned copies.... lO.nua
Not total sales WAMWi
Net dally average 20,011
GEORGE H. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 31st day of December. A. D.
1900. M. B. 1IUNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Colorado enn now step noldo from tho
pillory mid allow Kaunas to taku the
front plnee.
'11 10 lofrlslatlvo hill inachlnn Is put
ting In full time In splto of the Bonn
torlul contest.
That Htliitf of Ingratitude will work
only on cnch ulti'iiiiite tiny. Hut It will
work on that day.
OMAHA AND THE HETiATOHSUW.
Ever since the admission of Nebraska
Into the union Omaha aH the metropolis
of the state has hern nceortled recogni
tion with one of tho United States soiiit
torshlp. The fact that Omaha has al
ways been so favored might not be con-
elusive why It should bo cotltlnued were
there not other nnd forcible reasons that
cunnot be evaded or avoided.
Kroui tho standpoint of party politics
can tho republicans of Nebraska afford
to Ignore Omaha and Douglas county In
the distribution of tho two seuatorsblps
now to be awarded? Douglas county Is
the most populous In the state, contain
ing one-eighth of the population and
casting one-eighth of tho vote, to say
nothing of tho great commercial and In
dustrial Institutions hero located that
make It contribute more than one-seventh
of the statu'a revenues. The vote
of 'Douglas county frequently determines
the result In state elections and were It
not for the republican majority given
him by Douglas county Nebraska's pres
ent republican governor would not now
be occupying the executive chair.
The tendency of all the great popula
tion centers Is notoriously toward the
democratic! party. Omaha and Phila
delphia stand out alone and unique
among the larger American cities that
are still under republican municipal
rule. While almost all Its sister cities
have had their city governments taken
control of by the democrats Omaha has
stood steadfastly In the republican col
umn, but only by dint of energetic work
on the part of loyal local republicans
under skilful and far-sighted leadership.
The republicans of Omaha who have
kept' the city under lepubllcan govern
ment and held republican majorities
from Douglas county for successive state
and national tickets have Indorsed an
Omnhii candidate for United States sen
ator at primaries, convention and the
polls:. Nearly 10,000 voters In Douglas
county Indicated their preference for
that candidate at the ballot box. In
fact, the republicans of Omaha and
Douglas county have taken every pos
sible means to Inform the republicans of
the state who they want honored In
recognition of their claims In the pend
ing senatorial contest.
Colorado has just chosen Its second
senator from Denver; lit Minnesota tho
Twin Cities have the cull; and It Is the
same In nearly every state that has a
metropolis worthy of the name. The
metropolis of Nebraska certainly de
serves equally liberal treatment.
creased, some republican senators are
apprehensive of the result of entering
upon a reduction of revenue at this
time. Should this opinion prevail nnd
no reduction be made by this congress
It will be a disappointment to the coun
try. Possibly the reduction made by
the house bill Is larger than can safely
be made. The president nnd secretary
of the treasury thought the .amount
should not exceed &W,000,0(M). Hut un
less expenditures shall be Increased very
materially beyond what Is now Indicated
there cannot be a reasonable doubt that
some reduction can be made and It
would bo a mistake for the party In
power to disappoint public expectation
In tills particular. President McKlnley
said In his annual message: "I recom
mend that the congress at Its present
session reduce the Internal revenue
taxes Imposed to meet the expenses of
the war with Spain In the sum of $30,
000,000. This reduction should be se
cured by the remission of those taxes
which experience has shown to be the
most burdensome to the Industries of the
people." The house of representatives
has performed Its duty in the matter.
The senate should not refuse to afford
the relief from taxation which the peo
ple look for and which the condition of
the national treasury and of the rev
enues warrants.
nient against the unclean bakeries.
They may Hud consolation In the reflec
tion that when all bokeshops are
placed on a sanitary basis that all will
be tho gainer because of tho restora
tion of the conlldcnce of tho people In
the baker.
With Its new directory fully organ
ized, a new executive committee named
and all preliminaries out of the way, the
Commercial club Is In a position to carry
out some of Its projects for building up
Omaha. Last year's results were good
and the people expect much for 11H11.
Coventor Yates of Illinois has an
nounced that he will devote his entire
day to business of the state, but his
nights are to be his own, and he will
give them to his family and his friends.
Unsays no place hunters need seek hltn
nftor otllce hours.
The big oil well nt Ucatimont Is not
the first gusher struck in Texas. Cy
clone Davis was discovered several
years ago.
Defaulter Alvord has been sentenced
to the penitentiary Tor thirteen years.
Thirteen was certainly an unlucky num
ber for hltn.
Hrynnltes lit tho national senate still
fall to realize the fact that the people
answered their cry of "imperialism"
last November.
February 1 Is the day set for the
heglra of popocrats from the state In
stitutions. Some of them will recover
from their trance then.
Pettlgrew has only a short time left
In which to vent his spleen against the
government that protects, hence It may
be safe to assume that he will not over
look any opportunity.
Front the suddenness with which sev
eral senatorial lightning rods were taken
down It Is evident the owners were
afraid they would be unable to carry
any great amount of current.
Unless something can be done to stop
tho burning of negroes nccused of crime
the United States better withdraw from
all punitive movements ngalnst uncivil
ized and sonil-clvlllzcd countries.
One can hardly blame the county at
torney Incumbent for not wanting the
ballots cast in South Omaha examined
In court. He knows too well what
such an examination will disclose.
Omaha's opportunity to secure a mil
itary school at Fort Omaha Is not grow
ing any brighter during tho absence of
the member from tho Second Nebraska
from his post of duty at Washington.
Clark of Montana has n hard time In
controlling his personally conducted
legislature. There is some doubt as to
whether tho members are acting for
Hryiin's sake, to save silver, or for rev
enue only.
COMlVCriMl MtSHKMESEXTATlOXS.
Misrepresentations regarding the ship
subsidy bill have been numerous. Some
of them are corrected In a letter from
Senator Fryo to Mr. Whltelaw Held,
editor of the New York Tribune. It has
been alleged that the measure Is In
tended .to specially bcnellt certain
steamship Interests. Senator Frye points
out that these would receive subsidies
"only In proportion to tho results they
produce lit the Hue of those public pur
poses, for which subsidies are a proper
and elllcaclous public expenditure." lie
says that In this, respect they are fa
vored no more than the owner of n
sixty-fourth In one of the small sailing
vessels of Maine. He expresses the be
lief that Indeed the bill. If anything, Is
more favorable to the sail vessel and the
slow cargo steamer than to the great
steamships.
As to the charge that the measure is
Intended to repay anyone for campaign
contributions Mr. Frye points out that
precisely the same cry was raised when
the bill was Introduced over two years
ago. lie declares the bill to be his own
measure, the result of consultations with
n number of representative shipping
people held nearly four year.f ago. it
was ready for Introduction early In 1S0S,
when the blowing up of tho Maine pre
cluded any possibility of action. This
disposes of the statement that Senator
Ilanna had anything to do with the
framing of tho measure, though he Is
one of the most earnest advocates.
The shipping bU should be consid
ered on Its merits and those opposed to
It will lit tho end gain nothing by mis
representation as to Its purpose or Its
authorship. Those who advocate the
proposed legislation do so from an ear
nest conviction that It provides the only
wise and practical measure of creating
a mercantile marine for our foreign
trude. It Is consistent with the repub
lleun principle of protection. Its oppo
nents offer only the free ship policy,
which would enormously benefit for
eign shipowners anil shipbuilders, but
would be no advautage to tiny American
Industry or to American labor.
run lea VKXWonru ltoitnoit.
Another horrible example of the terri
ble effects of human passion when
loosened by it mob has been given the
world at Leavenworth, Kan. There a
man. held only on suspicion, against
whom no positive evidence was known
to exist, was torn from a cell In the
county Jail In broad daylight and burned
to death. His steady protestation of
Innocence, his reasonable request that
the mob make sure before consigning
him to his awful fate, had no weight.
The demon was aroused and nothing
but tho blood of the victim would sat
isfy It.
What .i remarkable commentary on
our boasted civilization such a proceed
ing Is! How thin the veneer of culture
seems and how uarrow the division be
tween civilized and savage man. Kan
sas has laws made to punish the crime
of which the negro was accused, and, If
he had been proven guilty, he
would surely have suffered the
direst penalty. Hut the hysteria
engendered by contemplation of the
murder of one girl ami a brutal
assault on another lose to that point
where all respect for law and order van
ished and only a desire to wreak ven
geance on some one remained.
Mob violence Is not peculiar to any
section of the United States. Kven in
the most conservative of communities
the spirit that leads men to take tho law
Into their own hands and to mete out
death to some person accused of a re
volting crime has broken out from time
to time. In Colorado, whose people are
lit many ways among the most enlight
ened of the nation's citizenship, wo were
recently given an Illustration of this in
ability' to control the darkest passion
that animates the human breast, the
lust for vengeance. It Is going too
far, perhaps, to condemn all the people
of the community In which the crime
was committed, much less the people
of the entire state. Yet they will long
have to bear the stigma and odium that
attaches to such nn outrageous deed.
Obedience to the law Is the highest
test of citizenship, and whenever u man
has reached tho point where he can
submit his sense of private outrage to
the operations of our established courts
of justice, he Is Indeed a good citizen.
If he reserves to himself tho right to
take his own vengeance of the offender,
ho Is a menace. The Ohio method of
dealing with the mob Is the only safe
one, and right thinking people will hope
that the authorities of Kansas will see
to It that not one of those responsible
for the terrible affair at Leavenworth
escapes his merited punlsh'meut.
Two years ago the Nebraska senatorial
game was nearly blocked because the
players all believed the other fellow had
half the cards In the deck concealed up
his sleeve. This year every man nt the
table Is called on to keep his sleeves
rolled up. ,
The duke of Manchester declines to
talk regarding the "Infancy" plea made
as defense against his creditors. He a
probably watting to see what Papa
Zimmerman Is willing to do toward dis
charging his debts.
Visible Slim of Tendency.
Philadelphia Times.
Evon Chlnn's stylo of wearing Us hair
gives n cuo ns to Its fate. It's downward
and backward.
lint.
Wake I'll and I'nss the
Washington Star.
If General Dcwet keeps up his pernicious
activity John Dull will have to wako up
some fresh enthusiasm over tho proposition
to "pass the hat for your credit's sake atid
pay, pay, pay."
TrottliiK n n Secoiitl-Hnlor.
Washington Post.
Tho Bryan men In tho Texas legislature
succeeded In amending that Invitation to
Hon. David 11. Hill so that It now In
cludes tho name of their idol. This will
give tho Wolfcrt's Rooster a clear Idea of
what ho may expect right along.
How to .Avoid drip.
Detroit Tribune.
Keep warm. Keep cool. Go to bed at 8
o'clock or later. Don't get up until you
want to. Avoid all drinks excopt tea,
coffee, whisky, beer nnd water. Mix your
drinks when you feel Hko it. Avoid wndlng
In tho slush with bare feet. Eat onions,
or, better yet, assafoetlda. Take quinine,
tako physic, take anything In fact but the
grip.
Xrr Century Heroism.
Baltimore American,
The rescue of tho passengers nnd crow of
the Husslo by tho French fishermen Is an
act of heroism that will stand out In the
history of tho year. It proves again that
human nature Is not as bad as It Is painted,
and that lu tho humblest there nro tho
possibilities of heroic sclf-dovotion and in
domitable courage when emergencies occur
to call them forth.
Urn l(h of ttip-(Sentleninn Admiral.
Globe-Dcmocrnt.
Tho United States will bo glad to learn
from Admiral Ctrvpra himself that tho re
ports of his serious Illness were untrue,
lie Is responsible for tho statement Just
mado public that ho Is In excellent health,
and tho American peoplojiopo he v(U con
tinue In this condition for many years.
Tho admiral's gallantry and chivalry in tho
war of 1898 won blm hosts of friends In
tho United States.
Another man him convinced himself
that ho has a sure way of reaching tho
north pole. Hy the time he has been
absent from view three or four years It.
will be safe for his executors to wind
tip hlR estate.
Tho outlines of the America's cup de
fender nro only known lu a general
way. The bow plan should be fur
nished to Sir Thoma.i Llpton and his
crew; they will have ample opportun
ity to get n-rear view when the races
come off.
South America has more than Its
usual quota of little wars on tap at
present. South America would better
lay oft for a time. There nro so miiuy
more conlllcls of greater moment going
on nt present that the world has no
tlmo to dovoto to its troubles.
Congressman DeArmond of Missouri
stated In tho houso that ho commended
tho nctlon of Genera! Chuffeo In de
nouncing looting In China. It is pleas
ant to know thero is sonio olliciul act
of an American army otlleer which
mectH with tho approval of a leiullug
Hryaultc.
Strange is it not that the men who
now want to manufacture artificial pub
lic sentiment In behalf of their caiidl
diicicH for tho senate refused two
months ago to enter their names .for an
expression of preference at tho ballot
box on tho pretext that popular senti
ment did not fount anyway.
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HRVESUK UEOUCTWX.
it Is still uncertain whether the bill
for reducing tho revenue will pass the
senate. The llnance committee of that
body has entered upon consideration of
the measure and the chairman of the
committee, Senator Aldrlch, has stated
that probably It will be In shapo to be
reported to the senate before the close
of this week, but trustworthy reports
from Washington say that the fact that
the republican members have done sub
stantially nothing thus far with tho bill
Justifies tho suspicion that It Is not In
tended It shall be acted upon.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Philadelphia Ledger points out that a
bill of such great Importance cannot bo
considered lu tho senate without pro
tracted debate nnd wtth,only about live
weeks remaining of the session a de
termined opposition could defeat action.
While some of the lepubllcan senators
are In favor of reduction, thero are
others who doubt the expediency of cut
ting off revenue to the extent the house
bill provides for, about $40,000,000.
Wheu tho measure passed the house It
was thought that even a larger reduc
tion might safely be made, but the
promlso of an Increase In expenditures
lias caused a change of opinion. The
receipts of the government thus far In
the current fiscal year have been about
$8,000,000 In excess of tho receipts for
tho corresponding period of lust year,
yet the surplus over expenditures wiis
only a little over $800,000, due, of course,
to Increased expedltures.
In view of this nnd tho Indication
that expenditure will bo further In-
Personal attacks on cadets who are
summoned as witnesses before the
house committee are quite likely to
operate In behalf of the accused.
Press reports of the proceedings
give the Impression that several
members of the committee have already
made up their minds to a verdict of
guilty. However deplorable the circum
stances surrounding the death of Cadet
Hooz may have been, thero Is no disput
ing tho fact that many "an ollicer and
gentleman" has come from West Point
and gained a high place In the nation's
existence. To condemn wholesale the
young men who are being educated at
the military academy and to Insult a
witness by a sneer at his veracity
smacks as much of cowardice on tho
ono hand as the accouuts of tho fisticuff
duels do on the other. Abusing cadets
who canuot defend themselves will
never abolish hazing at West Point.
The vote on the Hncon amendment to
tho army bill Indicates conclusively
that the measure will eventually pass
tho senate. The people of the United
States would make the reckoning seri
ous with those who refused to place in
the hands of the president the power
to uphold the honor of tho country in
the Philippines, regardless of what this
individuals might think of the wisdom
of retaining those Islands. Tho few ir
reconcilable opponents of the measure
nro mostly composed of those who were
repudiated tit the polls last fall. Men
may honestly differ as to the policy of
retaining the Islands; they may hon
estly differ as to the verbiage or terms
of the bill, but there Is no legitimate
place lu this country for a senator or
congressman who would seek to force
the country out of the Islands In a dis
honorable manner.
Kx-Secretiiry Porter hud his share of
troubles during the four years ho held
the olllco of secretary of state and It Is
not likely that ho will emerge from his
retirement to help out his friends who
made a mess of the printing which he
awarded to them without competition.
Owners of lirst-class bakeries are mak
ing complaint that they suffer from
loss of trade us u result of the niovt-
Wiir Prisoners Without PrlNond.
New York Tribune.
When the Boors effect a capture of their
foes, which they do nulto often of late, thoy
nro unable to feed them, nnd It Is contrary
to enlightened military practice to kill
them. So they nro compelled to let them
go. Thero would'secm to bo little uso In
lighting on theso terms, though both sides
keep hammering away aa If thero wero
something to be gained by It, which, fairly
looked at, there docs not appear to be.
rs(ltlt- of Mr. Crovre.
Chlcaso Chronicle.
Tho lynx-eyed' and keen-witted detectives
havo not succeeded in coming up with Mr.
Patrick Crowe, lato of Omaha, but thoy
have discovered that ho. has, Inter alia,
tobbed a bank, held up an express train,
killed two or three peoplo nnd committed
othpr depredations since ho left his happy
home a few weeks ago. The versatility of
Mr. Crowe Is so marked that wo cannot
but regret that ho does not accept a dime
museum engagement nnd give the public an
opportunity to Beo him. Ho could do so
with entire safety. Tho detectives never
would hear of it until somo time next year.
V 1,II3S AND TyPHOIIJ.
Xmv Crimen Churned In 1U Common
IIoiihi- Vly,
Baltimore Sun.
lu an article In tho Popular Science
Monthly for January thero Is a suggestlvo
crtlclo by Dr. L. O. Howard on tho agency
of common houso flics In spreading typhoid
fover. It has beon difficult at times to ac
count for tho appearance of somo cases ot
fever on tho theory that it Is disseminated
by water alono. No doubt contaminated
drinking water causes tho great majority
I of cases, but it now begins to be conceded
that typhoid fever, llko certain other dis
eases, may bo communicated through in
sects. According to Dr. Howard tho com
mon houso fly is tho greatest stnner. It Is
bred In idllcs chiefly In tho filth about
stable's and tho garbngo nnd dirt too often
found In back yards. When excreta con
taining typhoid germs aro exposed the (lies
scttlo upon them, and then, flying awny,
carry upon their proboscis and feet hundrods
of tho germs. These germs they com
munlcato t,o what they next settle upon, bo
It n peach In tho pantry, exposed sugar,
butcher's meat, o glass of milk or cooked
dishes on tho dinner table. In military
camps thoy have ready access both to tho
sources of Infection nnd to tho food nnd
wntor UBed by soldiers. This fact, Dr.
Howard thinks, accounts sufficiently for
tho outbreaks of enteric, typhoid, etc.,
which till recently have been considered ns
lnovltablo as mysterious.
Tho remedy Is to exercise Increased caro
in destroying disease germs before exposing
tho excretn of persons ill with typhoid, to
abolish tho breeding places of flics In and
about dwelling houses and to guard food
moro carefully from tho approach of files,
Vacant lots and alleys should bo Illuminated
and cleaned, so ns to prevent their be
coming tho sources of contamination for
tho files of tho neighborhood. Municipal
laws us to nuisances in such places should
bo most rigorously enforced, tho doctor
suggests, and horse manure, garbage and
other foul matter should bo subjected to
stringent regulation, Whlln tho house fly
Is to bo chiefly guarded against, thero nro
other flics which make trouble. Among
theso Dr. Howard mentions the little fruit
fly and six other species more or less rare.
Wlro pauzo ami moHoulto netting may be
used to exclude tho Insect poisoners from
the homo. Tho discreet housekeeper will
not wish to purchaso fruit, milk and other
food supplies from dealers who allow flies
to swarm upon them.
THE (iltIP r.t'lDEMK.
I.nj- Iti-mnrU on n ingenue Prrvnlrnt
Throughout tli Country.
New York Herald
Tho wide prevalence of grip nt this tlmo
virtually constitutes a public calamity, fn
almost every household someone Is afflicted
with the distemper. Tho climatic chnnges
nro such as fnvor Its propagation nnd the
end Is not yet.
Tho history of the malady stncu Its first
appearanco years ago abundantly proves
that Its regulnr visitations at given winter
seasons ore to be expected. Why this Is so
it Is difficult to explain In connection with
the laws that govern other epidemic Inva
sions. Although contagious In n certain
sense, such n disposition docs not account
for Its wldo and sudden spread over Inrgc
areas of country Independently of Individual
contact with stricken victims. Theso ex
plo3lvo tendencies nrc only to bo accounted
for on the supposition that other and more
general Influences nro at work. This much
wo know, however, that grip Is very npt to
follow marked Inclemencies of weather nnd
mostly thoso associated with cold, damp
ness nnd sudden changes In temperature.
While this gives a melancholy aspect to
tho utility of auy wholesale measures of
prevention, thero Is still something left for
tho Individual who may wish to protect
himself ngalnst tho attack of a prevailing
ailment. Even If It be Impossible to ward
off the disease altogether, he can nt least
placo himself In the best possible condition
for resisting Its effects.
It Is a well attested fact that tho first
victims of an epidemic of any kind nre those
who by weakness and low health tono nrc
lrnst nble to combat morbific Influences.
Contrariwise, the strong nro moBt apt to
escapo altogether. Disease nlwnys strikes
when tho henlth Is below par. Tho ro
ceptlvlty of tho Individual is the tempta
tion for tho watting enemy. Consequently,
when tho general sickness prevails, all who
wish to bo mifo should exercise moro than
ordinary watchfulness against tho least
lowering of vital force.
In tho enso of grip tho first evidences of
danger aro In tho commencing catarrhal
symptoms. Tho lnttcr nro common enough
during winter, but when grip la In tho nlr
tho sneeze, tho cough, tho shiver, tho lan
guor nnd tho fever, which may follow, nre of
ominous Import, Nor docs tho frequent
occurrence of these phonnmcna give n cor
responding triviality to the outlook. It Is
tho forethought which means everything.
Tlmo and tlmo again In tho columns of
tho Herald the old story has been told of
tho neglected "cold," of consequent in
fluenza, and tho subsequent dangerous com
plications ot pneumonia, kidney trouble,
general debility nnd tho like. In fact, It
would appear when grip epidemics prevail
nlmost any vital organ Is liable to bo crip
pled, oven though tho patient recovers
from the lmmedlato attack ot tho malady.
All theso tacts nre most powerful argil
nicnts In favor of preventive measures. No
one need bo told how to protect himself
ngnlnst tho inclemencies of the weather. In
this respect each Is a lnw unto himself,
What Is merely fresher nlr to ono Is death
to another. During this weather tho open
car nnd Its broeay platform aro menaces to
every one. Tho othor extreme Is the over
heated house, with Its baked air and tho
shivering contrast with the out-of-door tcm
peraturc. To be careful docs not mean to
be n crank.
What to do wh?n the grip actually comes
to the victim Is tho question ot the hour
The man who neglects proper treatment
takes his fate in his own hands. The
greatest danger of all Is In going about
whllo the active symptoms nro In progress.
Not only Is tho ailment likely to Increase In
severity under such circumstances, but to
continito longer and to directly Invito com
plications.
ta As, there Is nq, kn.o.wn specific for tho
malady, nnd ns this latter has a tendency to
self-limitation, tho Indications nre to sup
port tho strength and counternct tho effects
of the morbific poison. All this can bo ac
compllshcd with the patient confined to his
room or bed and under tho caro of tho
physician. Especially should this bo tho
case If tho ordinary domestic remedies fall
of Immediate relief. TIiiib valuable tlmo Is
saved and teasonably quick recovery In
surcd.
In the present epidemic the acute symp
toms nre of short duration, lasting two or
threo days only, but tho neglect of early
treatment, even in tho mild cases, always
means n tedious and oftentimes unsatls
factory convalescence.
The most dangerous complication that of
pneumonia Is qulto sura to manifest Itself
as tho result of any fresh exposure to cold
during the active stage of the original
dlsoase. As a matter of fact, any accession
of febrllo symptoms at such a tlmo always
means trouble. Therefore tho sick man or
woman with fever temperature Is never
safe out ot bed and Is always In danger out
of doors.
If it wero necessary to emphasize still
moro tho utility of timely nttontlon to ap
parently trivial matters It would be easy to
show that tho complications of grip aro al
ways moro serious than the dlseaBo itself,
Thus whllo we cough, ache, sneeze nnd
Bhlver let us stop, think nnd look ahead.
the iniir.it sum f it.
A l.ny Sermon on the 'iroiiiiim in
Wrnltliv PcoplP.
Indianapolis Journal.
So much Is said of tho wealth of million
aires nnd to movements of mllllonnlres nnd
their fnmlltes nro given so much spaco In
the newspapers that ono may como to the
conclusion that great wealth Is tho only
thing In tho world w6rth having and that
human life Is n bnrren Ideality because so
few can have their possessions appraised
nt millions. 11 y tho mass of people great
wealth Is coveted because they sec In It ex
emption from toll and that life of enso
which so mnny mlatnko for a life of un-
nlloyed pleasure. It Is Just here that so
mnny peoplo, make a mistake. Tho great
captains ot Industry nro tho most over
worked men In the world, A great enter
prise Is n cruel taskmaster, Tho tnrnAho
havo charge of vnst affairs dlo prematurely.
The late Philip D. Armour died pre
maturely, It Is said, because tho Incessant
attention which his nffnlrs demanded ex
hausted his vital force. It Is said that the
lato Cornelius Vamicrbllt nnd his father
beforo him wero broken down prematurely
by the burdens which tho great wealth of
thn family Imposed. Mr. Rockefeller, tho
richest man In tho country, Is said to bo
In fecblo health becausn of thn continual
strain which his direction of great Inter
ests Imposes. Tho work the leaders In
great enterprises must do cannot be dele
gated to others. Tho guiding hand must
bo that of one man, Men of ability can bo
found to execute, but tho talent which Is
necessary to conduct colossal enterprises
accepts no second place. Once In such n
leadership thero Is no throwing off of caro.
Tho lender may go abroad or on vacations,
but with him goes tho caro of great enter
prises. Should tho captain of Industry
and enterprise glvo himself over to Idle
ness his enterprises will fall.
Tho millionaires whoso names are well
known havo great wealth, but they havo
not tho freedom of other men. This week
a Pittsburg paper said that Mr, Carnegie,
while In that city, Is continually beset by
all sorts of Importunate beggars. This
besctment makes It Impossible for him nnd
others llko him to stroll through the town
or mlnglo with their fellow men In public
places, even If they had the time. When
they go about It In In carriages, and when
discovered they aro followed and gazed nt
by the aimless who possess nothing but a
vulgar curiosity. Now a new terror awaits
them In the experience ot Mr. Cudahy of
Omaha tho kidnaper, who makes It a vocn
Hon to selzo their children and demand
ransom In gold, Thorcforc, It mere pleas
ure, the pleasure of leisure or Idleness, Is
tho end sought, It must bu looked for In
other directions than tho life of the million
aire.
COXCKH.MNC PIIUACIIEIIS' SONS.
SurprlHliig Discovery Mnilc liy
Amateur English Stnt Int lolnn.
Chicago Tlmes-IIorald.
An Englishman who hns beon collecting
statistics announces that "50 per cent of
the porsonages In tho Dictionary of Na
tlonal Biography were the children of
clergymen," and this declaration has In
spired tho suggestion that a law bo passed
providing that no bachelor shall hereafter
bo permitted to receive orders In the
Church of England. Every rectory, It Is
dcclnred, should bo occupied by n mnrrled
man, to the end that England shall havo
more and more citizens who may be deemed
worthy of mention In dictionaries of na
tional biography.
Whether theso suggestions aro to bo taken
seriously or not, the fnct romnlns that a
surprisingly largo number of tho English
men who succeed In winning fame came, as
Tennyson came, from tho country rectories
English clergymen seem to havo nn un
usual faculty for starting their sons In
proper directions, nnd In addition to this
there must be something In the atmosphere
of even tho vlcarngo that tends to groat-
noss.
Hero In America, howovcr, this tendency
of tho sons of preachers to win envlablo
renown Is not generally noticeable. Indeed,
It has been tho exception rather than tho
rule for the Bons of preachers or of coun
try preachers, at least to exhibit evidences
cither of careful training or inherited
greatness. Not Infrequently tho worst boy
In town Is the preachor's boy, and It some
times happens that, whllo tho good man Is
exhibiting to the congregation tho wisdom
of keeping tho Sabbath holy, his son lu out
somowhero stealing peaches or trying to
break a colt whoso owner has gone away
with the family to tha houso of worship
It may bo that tho American preacher
has so much moro than his English brother
to do In tho way of keeping tho rest of
mankind from going to the bad that ho
gets less time to look after tho welfare of
his own offspring, or thero may bo some
other cause for the fact that the space In
our biographical dictionaries Is In no sonao
usurped by the sons of clergymen, in any
caso, It Is gratifying to be ablo to say that
things aro not so discouraging for our
preachers as they used to be. Thero aro
not so many scapegraces among tho sons
of ministers ns thero were, say, n genera
tion ago, Tho families of ministers, like
thoso of other people, are becoming smaller
as the years pasB, and In Hiroe places tho
tradition that tho minister's boy must lead
a gang In order to claim tho esteem of his
contemporaries has actually ceased to bo
a commanding Influence,
i.ooicixt; l'oit i.o.Mi i.iit:.
Srnri'liliiK for nn Elixir In Aiiclt-ul
mil Modern Times.
Hdltlmoio American.
When the nlchomlstB of old were not
hunting around for tho philosopher's stone,
which would transmulo nil tho" baser metals
Into gold, they wero looking for an ollxlr
of lifo that would lengthen to an Indefinite
term the period ot mun's mundane exist
ence. Tho alchemists worked long and
hard, and many aro tho marvelous tales
told of their discoveries, but men continued
to pass awny when their enrthly raco was
run, and tho philosopher's stono haB never
yet been found. In fact, tho search for tho
stono has been well-nigh given up, but
tho chaso for tho elixir of life has of lato
been icncwcd with unusual zest, though,
perhaps, not attended with any marvelous
remits.
Tho enso' wns put beforo tho public last
week of that rather rcmarkablo old man,
Abram S. Hewitt, ex-mayor of Now York,
who, at tho age -of four-score, has been
treated in Paris with subcutaneous injec
tions of glycerophosphate of sodium. Tor
aomo tlmo medical sharps havo been mak
ing experiments with tho vitalizing powers
ot comuon salt, nnd this treatment of New
York's cx-raayor Is ono of tho results of
thosj experiment In his caso thero was
no organic trouble, but tho activity of mnny
ycavn of public lifo had exhausted his
Unllty. HW nfpetlto had failed, ho had
great difficulty la walking and his mind
had begun to show somo signs of weakness.
According to the report tho snlt treatment
has brought about a remarkablo change, put
the old man on IiIb feet again, straightened
out the Kinks in his urain and given mm,
apparently, a new lease of life.
Conservative physicians aro slow to ex
press a decided opinion on tho merits of this
new elixir, but It Is plain that most of them
believe that whatover may have been the
results lu tho e:iFo of Mr. Hewitt, tho world
cannot hopo to find In Bait tho prize which
tho alclu.mlsts fought for ages nnd found
not. Moreover, tho world Is not yet wholly
convinced Hint It would be benflted In any
rcmiukablo degree by tho discovery of an
article that would mako men's lives longer
than they aro now. Somo lives aro too
long as It Is. If such a discovery wero
made, t'je elixir could not bo barred from
any class of peoplo nnd could bo put Into
ubo by the bad Just as generally as by tho
good. Ot course, many useful lives aro
cut short Just at tho tlmo when tho world
seems to need I hem most, but the Master
hum. that Is holding tho scales keeps tha
balanco true, and wherever a truo Boldler
frills, there Is another Just as truo ready
to ttip Into his place.
In tho great majority of cases the length
of a man's lllo dopends upon tho sort of
treatment tho man's body receives at his
own handf Good habits, good morals, a
happy and contented home und a clear con
science aro better than all the elixirs the
doctors will tver discover.
A WAII.MMJ TO HEPl IlI.M ANS
lteiiusllillllr for I'onr mim of
Nntloiiiil Policies nnil Action.
Leslie's Weekly (rep.)
In somo respects tho recent election wni
tho greatest victory which tho republican
party over won In the forty-alx years which
Imvo passed since that party llrst appeared.
President McKlnley' electoral vote exceed
that of Urn nt In 1S72, which wns 2Stl, nnd
which was tho greatest total ever received
by any other candtdato for president. Mr
MeKinley's majority of tho popular voto
also exceeds that of Ocnernl Grant In 1872,
which was 763,000, nnd thus breaks nil
records In this particular. Tho exact
extent of his popular voto will not Im
known until tho ofllolnl count Is lniulo In
nil tho ptutcj.
Moreover, lit tho canvass of 172 recon
struction In tho south had tint been com
pleted nnd tho voles of somo of tho south
ern stittcH were rejected. Then, too, at
that tlmo tho democracy was under tho
ban hi tho north and many persons who
would havo been democrats under normal
conditions cither tefralneei from voting or
cast, their ballots for tho republic can
didates. In tho rlcctlon of 1S, however,
the democracy wits under no such disa
bilities. It had an eloquent und magnetic)
cnndldate, inado a brilliant canvnss und felt
confluent of victory until the end. All this
has to bo taken Into tho nccount lit esti
mating the magnitude of tho republican
victory.
But this reverse does not wipe out th
democracy. Tho outlook for that party in
In 1SSS nnd IS?.' wns moro than onoo
darker than It Is today. Two years nftr
Umiit'n victory In ISTi for president tho
democracy swept tho country lit tho con
gressional canvass nnd two years nfter
Hint, In tho Tllden campaign, tho contest
was so close that tho electoral commission
hail to bo called In to sottlo tho flection,
nniPt'Veii then tho republican margin In tho
electoral college was only ono vote, whllo
tho democracy hnd a majority of 250,000 In
the popular vote. Most of tho tlmo be
tween 1871 and tho end of tho second half
of Cleveland's term the democrats wero In
control of tho huuso of representatives,
But power brings responsibility, nnd no
party did yot or ever will mcot all ttomnndn
to tho entire satisfaction of all thoso who
helped to put It In control, Tho democracy,
freed from tho burden of tho leaders who
havo recently led It to disaster, and ro
stored to tho Jcffersonlan and Jacksonlau
ground which It hold In President Clove
land's dajH, will be nble to tnke intelligent
advantage of tho shortcomings of Its op
ponent and again eecuro control of tho
government. Harrison, tho whig, carried
nineteen states In 1S40. as compared with
seven which went to Van Durcn. the demo
crat; but Polk (democrat) bent Clay (whig)
lu lSli, and Clay was personally tho most
magnetic party lender whom the country
hns known. Tho democracy carried tv.-cnty-seven
states under Pierce lu 1S2, as ngnlnst
four which went to tho whig, Scott, but
tho new republican party gained n plurality
In the congressional election of 1834, almost
won tho presidency In 1S5G and did win It
in 1800.
Under normal political conditions short
periods of power for each party will bo
the rule. Tho recent election was tho first
tlmo In twenty years In which tho same
party carried tho country twice in succes
sion. It Is unreasonable to expect that any
party will repeat n blunder llko that Just
committed by tho democrats twice. Tho
democrats will avoid that mistake In tho
future.
Kreed from nil responsibility for the
mnnagement of nffalra tho democracy, In a
very critical tlmo for tho party In power,
will bo In n position to profit by ovcry
mlstnke, or semblnnco of a mistake, which
tho dominant party commits. Tho problems
which confront tho republican party at the
beginning of Mr. McKlnley'H second term
nro numerous nnd delicate. It will havo to
meet tho demands of tho situation with rare
Judgment nnd Intelligence In order to retain
Us ascendancy. Thn statesmanship of tho
republican party In tho next four years will
be submitted to a soveror test than any
which It has met before Blnco reconstruction
days, with this difference, that tho de
mocracy Is in a far better condition to take
advantago of republican errors than It was
then. A period ot grave trial is opening
for tho republican party. Somo highly
plcturesqup politics may do seen In tho
United States between this time and 1901.
Somervllle Journal: No man can work rs
bill collector for a year and Btlll remain
n optimist.
Detroit Journal. Some nowor wad be
doing us no smnll favor if It should glo in
Ithcrs tho glflle to seo us ns wo sco aur-
scls.
Chicago Tribune: "Why, that's a genu-
ne llnnliaol" nnld tho caller, surprised
and delighted.
"Not nt nil," replied Mrs. Gnnwell, with
cold distinctness. "My husband neV'M- en
gages In rallies. Ho bought that plctnro
lu tuo regular wny and pain cnn for it. '
Pblhiilplobla. Times: "Tills ulrles
tolograpny reminds mo of h groundless
quarrel."
"What possible connection Is tlurc be
tween tho two?"
"It's timet Icallv limine words over noth
ing,"
Cleveland Plnln Denier: "Nothing crleves
me mora than to seo tho tired faces of iho
poor women who have to stand up In too
street cars,"
'I KUimoHP that s thn reason von keen
yrur scat mid staro at their shoes."
PKHSONAI. NOTE.
The will of tho lato Jarvls I'ord of St.
Joseph, Mo leaves $20,000 for a freo
memorial library In that placo ami $10,000
to tbomunlclpal hospital.
"I.ovo your neighbor, but hato the
English," Is said to have been suggested by
General Dowet, tho Boer leader, as u fitting
addition to tho ten commandments.
Mayo W. Hazoltlno, tho writer of the New
York Sun's exhaustive book reviews, was
run down by a cab driver In crossing Broad
nay last week and his right thigh was
fractured.
First Vice ProBldcnt John B. Garrett of
tho I.ehlgh Valley railroad has resigned to
tako un educational and philanthropic work
Mr. Garrett becamo connected with tho
company in 1S74.
New York hns a distinguished visitor In
tho person of M. Shlmoda, who Is connected
with tho Fishery school of Tokyo, Japan
Ho has been spending somo tlmo on a fish'
lng smack at tho banks of Newfoundland
and Is preparing a report of his Investiga
tions for tho Japancso government.
Mayor-olect Pooro of Haverhill, Mass., H
a gonulno worklngmnii, a shoo cutter by
trado, who has worked for years at tho
bonch and has saved a little competence
from bin earnings. Beforo tho town o
Bradford wns annexed to Havnrhlll ho mado
a record thero as selectman for uprightness
and Judgment.
Henutor Chandler was lato In reaching tho
rapltol tho other day nnd wns Informed by
n BarciiBtlo nowspapor man mat an cxecu
tlvn session hud Just closed. "What wa
.lone In tho secret session?' asked tho
senator. "I really would llko to tell you,
was tho cool reply, "but you senators nro
so leaky that I'm nfralil to."
A half-length oil portrait of tho lain Ail
miral John A, Wlnslow, who toinmanue
the old sloop of war Koarsnrgo when
sunk tho confederal privateer Alabama
is to bo presented to tho new- t'nll'd Slates
battleahln Kcarsargn. i Ho Honor is
American, now traveling In Europe,
askB that his name be not revealed.
n
who
.AlIGIIIMG MATTEH.
Philadelphia Press: Bunker Of -our-o,
nm for expansion. Wo need nil the ter
ritory wo can get.
t.uiiKer you ve cuauK"u your views, ion
bought differently n year ago.
Bunker I know, but I wasn't plnylng golf
ben. and didn't rcullzn how the demand for
additional links was bound to grow.
Detroit Journal: Once upon n time Knto
Bhvp n man the sliver tongue.
But tho Public, on tin other hnnd. pnvo
him tho tin ear.
"Alas!" cried the mnn. "The gift of lTatn
avails m nothliu;!"
This fable tcficiin Mint parts cut nut
llttlo Ice without opportunity.
Washlmtlon Star: "There's no uso talk-
In'." said Broncho Bob. "education is a
great thing."
I Ullln l Know jun Hiuiuiitu ho inui-ii tur
portnneu to It." ...
"I didn't use to But when f rend nboo'
tin so hfizlng inntches the boys havo out
cast It makes-Crimson Gulch seem pretty
tame by roinparlson.
1 1 1 : It ENGAGEMENT OA liE.N'DA It.
Chicago Post.
A film engagement calendar the nrit sno
ever hud- .. .
Adorned her desk but recently, and mado
her true nenrt gmn;
But when the entries (die had mnd I
chanced one day lo m
There wiir a similarity that greatly puz
zled me.
For January first sho had n most surprM
lnir whim, . ., . ,
And entered on the calendar no other wold
than "Jim."
And for tho second day I found tho entry
was tho same-
Indeed, the month was given to that soli
tary name.
I Jumped to March, and there ns well -Just
as I really feared
Tho samo thrno letters, plainly traced, cull
nn the page uppeured; ...
In April. May. and aUo June, In Augiut
and July, . , ... ,
Throughout tho year. In writing this, no
day had sho ,iassed by.
Sho blushed when I demanded that slit
stralghtwny let me know
Tho moaning f the entries that confused
and puzzled ho.
"Fin not a flcklo damsel, sir, and so t
dare," she said.
"To enter this engnginent for tho yesr
that lies ahead.
"And ho whoso name T'vn Jotted down Is
truo and good nnd bold:
Ills lovo bus lasted full three weeks and
never will grow cold.
Bcciiuxo of this devotion I'.n such confi
dence In him
That mr elicit cement or the vear and
I more will be to Jim."
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