THE OMAHA DAILY RISE: T1UDAV, J AX U Alt Y 18, 1901.
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TUB 11EE PUBUSHINO COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nttiraskii. Douglas County, ss,:
Oi-orge n. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
rubllshlng Company, being duly sworn,
says thnt the actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Iteo printed during the
month of December, 1900, was as follows:
1 7,780 17 27.HI0
2 27,225 IS 27,780
3 27,:t(IO 19 27,:ttO
4 27,200 20 28,210
5 27,:ir.n 21 27,:t70
6 27,120 22 27.-140
7 27,100 23 27,o:tO
8 27,120 24 27,:tlO
9 2ll,B0r, 25 2.-t10
10 7,:uo 20 27,nno
11 27,270 27 27,170
12 27,110 28 27..I10
13 27,280 29 27,2 10
14 27.72.1 30 20,00.".
15 27,or.O 31 20,070
16 20,005
Totat
Icss unsold and returned copies.
...HI5.0S5
... io,no:t
Not total sales n:.5,182
Net dally average 20,011
OEOROB R. T.SCIIUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 31.it day of December. A. D.
lvl. M. H. IIUNOA TE.
Tjcal.) Notury Public.
County Attorney Shields has nearly
reached the point where ho must fnce
tho facts.
Shelby M. Cullom may be getting old,
but his senatorial gait gives no evi
denco of It.
Runaway locomotives arc uncommon
nml when they do start they are apt to
furnish uncommon results.
.ludgc Kawcctt and the Heal Estate
exchange nre now quits. Each has ex
pressed nn opinion of the other.
Thnt post-mortem on the popocratle
corpse at Lincoln shows a wide diver
gence of opinion among the experts as
to the cause of death.
The iKJstoflice at Frogtown, 111., Is to
be coutluucd, despite the resignation
of tho postmaster. Now business may
settle down to Its common sway.
It's hard enough for the average popo
crat to pay a political assessment nfter
he Is elected; but to pay It after he has
been defeated is more than ho can
stand.
Women nre meeting at Kansas City
to devise plans for participation In the
Sr. Louis exposition. It Is hoped they
have arranged for u "sympathetic re
porter." Tho Missouri river Is politely re
quested not to run nmuck this spring
Just because congress has declined to
mako an appropriation to keep It within
bounds.
Tho guuboat Scorpion has been sent
to Venezuelan ports to protect American
Interests. Tho Scorpion Is a small ship,
but has a lively stinger If It gets Into
operation.
I co men fenr a crop failure. If It
does fall It will be the only crop, with
the single exception of jiopocrntlc votes,
which lias been short in Nebraska for
some time.
After all, Edinlstcu was more of a
general than most people thought, llo
is now accused of having made himself
whole beforu he settled other debts of
his committee.
Medical Iconoclasts are sending the
suit theory to Join the Itrown-Scquard
elixir and the blue-glass craze. The
fountain sought by Do Leon has not yet
been revealed.
Tho popocratle reports of tho meeting
of tho popocratle state committees state
there were no discordant notes heard.
The popocratle ear Is evidently not very
delicately attuned.
The populist campaign fund or rather
the hole where the fund Is ordinarily
found Is giving the committee plenty of
trouble. - It s charged that ifU.OOO of
the receipts are not accounted for. Pos
sibly it dropped Into the same chasm
as the popocratle vote.
Tho Texas men 'who Invited David H.
1X111 to co mo to that state and play
second fiddle to tho Into caudldato for
president evidently do not know the
man. Both may be present, but the
sage of Wolfert's Boost will be the cen
tral llgure on which tho eyes of the
country will bo focused.
Itnijliuul has had an experience with a
genuine train robber and tho boldness
with which the Job was done convinces
them thnt It must have been done by an
American. This country Is not par
ticularly proud of Its train robbers, but
must admit that, like everything elso
which the American undertakes, It Is
done up hi faultless stylo.
Having established tho prluclplo It has
contended for, It Is to bo hoped tho
Board of Education will bo moderate in
Its demand for a settlement. It would
bo unfair and burdensome In the ex
treme to require full payment at once
of tho Judgment It holds against tho
city. Having subdued tho council, the
school board can afford to be merciful
to the taxpayers.
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THE WAnrAtlE OF COMMENCE.
The Inilustrlnl nutl coinmorclnl Inter
ests of Knplnud have again lieon warned
of tlie tlnngi-r Unit confronts thorn from
the competition of the fulled Stntts
and (Seriiiany, this country particularly.
The earl of Uoselwry sees In the great
'combinations of capital In the fnltcd
HtatoH and the huge enterprise of the
American people u formldulile menace
to the trade of (.irent Hrltaln which the
British cannot afford to disregard. He
declared It to be a jiosslblrt outcome of
the Immediate future that u trust of
many millions might compete with any
trade In Knglaud. selling nil Its products
at considerable loss.
There Is very good reason for the
warning uttered by Ilosebety. Ameri
can competition lias already had a do
their operations arc still being con
ducted on the oltl conservative lines,
whereas such combinations In this
country, on the other hand, look to Im
provement In business methods and tho
expansion of enterprise. We do things
here with u vigor that Is unknown In
England and which the manufacturer
or merchant In that country seems In
capable of acquiring. We have better
machinery, more rapid workers anil give
greater attention to the "hustling" prin
ciple than In England. It Is these con
ditions that have enabled American
manufacturers to successfully compete
with those of England for contracts hi
which quick delivery was nn Important
requirement.
HosclM'ry's warning may serve to
arouse the Industrial and commercial
Interests of England to greater energy
and enterprise, but in order to withstand
the competition that Is capturing their
trade Uiey must cut loose from the old
hampering systems and methods and
this they cannot rundlly do
MA KlXtl I'UOdUElSS.
Late reports from the Philippines arc
somewhat reassuring. They show that
steady If slow progress Is being made
In suppressing the rebellion, which
some time ngo ceased to be au organized
resistance, and that something Is also
being done In extending civil govern
incur. Tho voluntary surrender of the
leader of tho Insurgents In Hollo prov
hict with his followers, wns nn Im
portaut Incident, for, nlthough the force
was not large. It had given a good deal
of trouble and now resistance In that
province Is believed to be at an end
Besides, the surrender may Influence
other Insurgents to Iny down their
arms.
The civil commission nppears to be
industriously devoting Itself to the
work devolved upon It and to be meet
lug with fairly good success. Of course
Its progress very largely depends upon
the results of the mllltnry operations
and so far as nppears these are being
prosecuted with all practicable vigor.
Meanwhile, It is said that the natives
nre getting a better understanding of
American Intentions, good work being
done In this direction by the Filipino
federal party. These facts tend to dls
credit some of the statements In tho
appeal sent to congress from professed
Filipino friends of the United States as
to the feeling and sentiment among the
nntlves generally. There Is reason to
think that the majority of them are not
unfavorable to American sovereignty.
irOT TAIIIFF CONCESSIOXS.
The agricultural Interests of Oubu are
seeking to obtain from this government
a niodltlcatiou of the duties on sugar
and tobacco. Governor General Wood
has received petitions from every
province In the Island asking that it be
placed upon nt least nn equal footing
with other countries between whom
nnd the United States reciprocity
treaties covering sugar and tobacco have
been negotiated anil are awaiting rati
tlcatlou.
The matter Is one of tho very greatest
Importance to the future of the Cuban
Industries. In his annual report of a
year ngo Secretary Boot proposed that
us soon as the reciprocity treaties of a
year ago were acted upon tho same
terms given to the other untlons should
bo voluntarily extended to Cuba. It
was supposed at that time that the
reciprocity treaties would be ratified
without much dltllculty nnd tlie udniln
Istratlnu had In mind the Immediate
moditlcatlon of the tariff so as to extend
to Cuba the benelits to bo derived by
the countries with which tho treaties
had been made. No action has yet
been taken upon those conventions, how
over, and there appears to be little
chance of their ratllicatinn.
Unless there shall be a modlllcatlon of
the tariff duties on sugar and tobacco
those Industries In Cuba will certainly
suffer, but there Is no doubt that the
sugar and tobacco Interests In tho
United States will vigorously oppose any
modlllcatlon, or such as would be of any
material benellt to tlie Cuban producers.
Tho opposition that Is being made to
the .Inmalcan reciprocity treaty Is nn in
dlcatlou of what u proposal to give more
favorable terms to Cuban sugar and to
bacco would encounter. The compotl
turn ot culm would no u inucli more
serious mutter than that of Jamaica,
which It Ik urged would work great In
Jury to the agricultural and sugar In
dustries of the south and California
It Is true thnt the United States Is more
concerned In tint Industrial and com
mercial development of Cuba than In
that of any other country with which
reciprocity treaties have been negoti
ated. Our exports to the Island in the
last llscal year amounted to .fJtriilMW.lMM),
which nearly equalled their value before
trade was diminished by the Insurrec
tion. This trade will continue to grow
If tlie prosperity of the Island Increases
n,ul tl,lK 'Ivpemls very largely If not on
tlroly upon the United States.
Nothing Is nun-e certain than that no
very high degree of development and
prosperity can be attained by Cuba
without the AmeiicAii market for her
products. This the planters of the
Island fully understand and therefore
most of them nro not In favor of au In-
0"potideut government. Tho obstacle
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to obtaining what they desire, hi the
matter of a modlllcatlon of tariff duties,
Is the saerlllco that American Interests,
with which thoy would compete, might
have to suffer. That these Interests
will earnestly oppose such concession as
the Cubans want It Is entirely safe to
predict. ,
XEllliASKA AT UVFFALO.
NebrasUn hns been asked to take part
In the l'anamerlean exposition at IHif-
falo and the legislature should sou that
arrangements for doing so are expedi
tiously made. There Is no more effective
way of advertising a state's resources
than by participation In these great In
dustrial expositions. In this way better
than In any other strangers arc given
an opportunity for Investigation and
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made cannot Do gainsaid. AH the great
agricultural states of tho west made
displays there, and If no other advan
tage had resulted, the opportunity af
forded the Nebraska husbandman to
compare the results of his labors with
those of his fellows from other sections
of the country was worth the price. It
was au education nol only to the
stranger, who knew little or nothing of
the state, but to the resident who
thought he was well acquainted with
the resources and possibilities of Ne
braska. Each citizen of tho state who
made even a casual study of the dis
plays at the Transmisslsslppi Exposition
has felt prouder of bis state since then.
New York courteously took part In tho
exposition of LS'.KS, making nn especial
effort to give the uffulr the Im
portance comprehended In Its gen
eral scope. Nebraska now lias Its
first opportunity to return the friendly
visit front the great Empire state.
There Is nothing to be feared nnd much
to be gained from an exhibition of our
state's products at Buffalo.
The prize tight promoters who arc
sounding the governors of the various
states to ascertain If there Is any plnce
In which such contests can be held with
out fear of Interference, speedily dls
covered thnt Governor Dietrich proposes
to enforce the law, so far as Nebraska
Is concerned. Nebraska Is looking for
ward to an Increase In population, but Is
not sending out Invitations to tho prize
light colony to make the state its head
quarters It prefers a different class of
settlors.
Tlie Kansas olllclals who are responsi
ble for the failure to protect the negro
who was burned at Lea ven worth arc
preparing to make a statement in their
own defense and their trump card is
proof of tho alleged guilt of tho victim.
bother the man was guilty of the
crime or not Is Immaterial. If guilty
the law provided a punishment. There
ts absolutely no excuse for such bru
tality.
Sam Lewis, the Loudon pawnbroker,
whose exactions from the unfortunates
who fell Into his clutches have been the
talk of England on many occasions, left
$r,000,X)0 to charity. If the money
only succeeds In producing a fraction of
the amount of happiness which its ac
cumulation has caused misery, It must
be administered with good Judgment.
If you waut to know why the fusion
county attorney didn't want the South
Omaha ballots recounted Just note the
fact that hi the first package opened a
gain of five for his opponent was shown.
It Is not beyond probability that the
story of tho rotten election in the Magic
City will yet be unfolded.
The Boston Humane society wants the
exportation of American mules to South
fiica stopped on the ground thnt the
animals arc badly treated while on ship.
board. If the humane society will only
wait until tho mule gets a chance at the
Britishers after Inndlng the tears might
appropriately be transferred.
Tho llrst bill passed by the Porto
BIcan legislature provided for trial by
Jury and was signed by Governor Allen.
Porto Rico will soon discover there Is a
vast difference between American and
Spanish rule.
Souit- (iiiod ICnei'(Ml.
Philadelphia ledger.
Tho c udahy reward Is still operating as a
preventive of kidnaping, but to no other
purpose.
A Nont F.plifrnm.
Washington Post.
Speaking of tho wit of the lato Senator
Davis Senator Hoar uttered nn epigram
which deserves to be remembered: "No
spark from him," said Senator Hoar, "was
ever a cinder In tho oyo of his friend."
StriiKKlhiK t Cntoli I P.
Cleveland Leader.
EngiUh manufacturers aro now adopting
American mechanical devices as n menna of
preventing tho dccmlcnco of the industrial
aupremucy of their country. Yet even that
cuntiot bavo thorn from tho fierce competi
tion of tho Inventive Ynnkce.i.
Ilurrtm Inn: Trouble in Ailtuuce.
Baltimore American.
Tho Ico trust Is getting exceedingly ner
vous ovor tho unhappy necessity which may
bo forced upon It to rulso prices the com'
ing summer on account of present in I Id
weather. It Is needless to say It will fight
this necessity to the last ditch la Its over
powering love for tho poor, dear public.
1'ro nk DUcljileu of .IcITrrNOii.
Philadelphia Record (dem.)
On Februory 12 a Jefferson banquet will
bo held at Columbus. O. Tho tpealcers for
the occasion are: William Jennings llryan,
Georgo Fred Williams, Senator Towne,
Senntor Pettlgrew and John P. Altgeld
This list comprises tho ablest ns well as
tho most violent opponents of Jeffersonlan
views on some Important methods ot nd
ministration. If Thomas Jefferson be In a
condition to taWo nolo of anything going
on In the United States tho Ohio selection
of gentlemen to do him birthday honor
will no doubt give him a surprise.
I'lulit for Trntle.
Philadelphia I.edccr.
Perhaps It Is a sign ot the sudden growth
of Him United States as a world power that
the European papers are disposed ta regard
the utterances ot our statesmen so sen
ouly. Senator Lodge's recent deliverance
on the subject of a possible war with Europe
has set them to discussing with more or less
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alarm the propect that the United Slates
will make nn attack on them, to their
great detriment. Well, It will, but not
with force of arms. This country will
mako a fight for their trade, their manu
factures and the best of their people, but
It will do so by the peaceful arts of In
dustrial competition, not by the old method
of war
A
Shot nt Ihr Porlrr.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Colorado solon "who has prepared n
bill making It a criminal offense to tip a
railroad porter will deserve better of pos
terity If ho widen tho penalty to tipping of
every kind. The tip Is an own cousin of
the ofllctal fee. In a democratic country
where everybody Is as good as anybody else
"and n great deal better" thcro ought to be
a fixed price for every service, not to be In
creased by exceptional wealth nor diminished
by parsimony or churlishness. Every
laborer Is worthy his hire and ought not to
JJOSIOU 1 raiiBcrijn.
1 lie ii 1UI 1 Ivil 11 pan Ol llv lui Kij.il I mi. m
san.oa seems to be a most successful ven
ture. according to recent reports from
there. Tho natives ore said to bo very
happy on the Islam! of Tutulla, which
Great Hrltaln and Germany have traded
off to us, and are, the envy of thoso living
on other Islands In the group. Husiness Is
reported as booming and everything gen
erally is lovely. Government work Is go
ing on rapidly at I'ago-l'ago and the whole
beach front Is to bo given for government
buildings and reservations. The natives,
however, expect liberal roturn for this con
cession and are looking to building .t
church with tho money which they think
tho United States will contribute.
In tin- Cltitrlirs nt the Grin.
Chicago Tribune.
Reports from many partB of tho country
show that the grlQ epidemic Is widespread.
In Chicago tho disease Is widespread aim
tho health department reports, with sonic
alarm, that It has greatly Increased In
sovcrlly slnro tho first of tho year. The
department also calls attention to tho fact
that tho disease Is contagious and Is easily
communicated, the germ thriving in tho
moist nlr which prevails nt present. Its
recommendations that more precautions
should bo taken to avoid tho spread of the
grip nro greatly needed, for there Is a
somewhat general Inclination to class the
disease, ns less dangerous than annoying.
On tho contrary, the number of deaths
which can bo traced directly to grip and Its
consequences Is extremely large, especially
with pcoplo who nro past middle bkc,
Something may be dona to stop Its Bprcad
by enforcing tho ordinance, forbidding ex
pectoratlon In street cars and In other
public places and still moro by Insisting
that street cars and other similar vehicles
be properly ventilated, Instead of being
practically scaled up, as is often the caso
now. For the rest one must depend on
keeping one's feet dry and on tnklng other
precautions to avoid "cotchlng cold," which
Is so frequently tho first stngo In tho
disease.
no tiii-:y coi.xt thi: cost?
nvrr-l'renrnt t.rnnon TmiKlit by the
IVllltlty of Tlirft.
Chicago Tribune.
Alvord, who wbb tho biggest defaulter In
tho record of last year, hns confessed his
crlmo and has thereby avoided tho costs ot
a trial and evidently expects to got a more
lenient sentence than he otherwise would
have had. Ho stole $700,000 of tho money
of the bank In which he was employed ond
lived for a tfrritt In clover, enjoying tho
good things of tlie world apparently with
out considering 'that thero must come i
day of settlement, for of all crimes em
bczzlemeut Is tho most certain to bo dls
covered and to bo punished.
Today Alvord Is In prison and sure to
remain there a long term of years, notwith
standing his confession. In tho meantime
the money which ho stole has been Bpent In
riotous living and the innocent wife and
children are without moans of support
Unaccustomed to work and Ignorant of the
methods of work they must struggle to sup
port thems'clves. His crlmo has plnced him
beyond tho possibility of helping them for
long years to come. He not nlono must
suffer punishment himself, but ho has Im
posed n burden upon his family ns hard, If
not harder, than his own.
It will always bo strango that men who
have the ability to fill high financial posl
tlona nnd who betray tho trust reposed In
them nover count the cost of their misdoing
or look forwnrd to tho time when cxpoauro
must come. It Is none tho less strango that
with such nn object lesson beforo them as
that of the Alvord caso other men In
similar positions of trust do not recognlr.o
thnt "tho way of tho transgressor is hard
and that it ts hotter to "sow In tears and
reao in Joy" thnn tho reverse. Rut tho
lesson is not likely to bo heeded. Tho risk
will continue to bo taken, though tho odd
aro always against the taker.
TIIOSK (JOOU 01,11 TIM US,
LuineiitutloiiH of I li- 1-Id cm Over
Modern CoiulltloiiN.
Baltimore American.
Expressions ot opinion concerning the
century which has Just como to an end nro
not all rose-colored. Iloth in writing onu
la speech thero have been many sighs for
the good times gono and predictions that
they will never como again. Some of these
are true, or false, according to tho stand
point from which they aro made, or, more
accurately, according to their application
From a personal or selfish viewpoint It may
bo entirely true that something has gono
out of one's life or out of tho Uvea of many
which will nover como back again.
Take, for Instance, socloty rb it existed
In the early part of tho nineteenth century
In this country. It was for certain cIussch
the pleasantcst that can bo Imagined nnd
It is not likely that thero will be a roturn
of It. Thoso who remember it and wh
participated In It can sny with truth that
something has gone out of llfo so far as
they nre concerned. Hut those who enjoyed
those exceptional conditions were few I
number, while they were environed by
much larger body of people who had little
If any, enjoyment beyond thnt which Is
common to domestic animals. Tho sym
pathy between tho fortunate and unfortu
nate was stronger thnn It Is now, but mere
sympathy does not confer either happiness
or the power of enjoyment. Tho masses of
tho pcoplo during the century developed
wonderfully In knowledge nnd tho capacity
to enjoy, and. while one may regret thnt a
social life which was so charming for tho
favored few had to be sacrlllced, this. In
tho minds of Judicious persons, must be
swallowed up In the vast advantages which
havo accrued to the many.
When, therefore, nn old man bemoans tho
disappearance of stuge coarhcH his grief Is
not necessarily Imaginary. Ho preferred
stage coaches nnd cannot accustom himself
to modern modes of travel. The procession
has passed by nnd loft him. It Is the same
with some men who fought In the civil war,
They havo never gotton beyond that period.
What has happened since possesses no in
terest for them. They are still fighting
battles which tho great majority of their
comrades havo forgotten or treasure only
as Indistinct memories. When, therefore, a
person bewails tho degeneracy of the times
ho may be stating accurately his own feel
ings. From his personal standpoint, which
Is tho only one he Is able to assume, hn
my havo a basis for what he says, He is
ur fortunate in lacking tlie capacity to tako
a broader view of the situation.
I. EGA!, STATt 9 OF Ct'HA.
Washington Post The supremo court
has at least decided that Mr. Ncely follows
tho Indictment,
Indianapolis News The decision defines
our rolntlotis with Cuba so plainly that no
one need err. It renews our sense of moral
on Rations ana reminds us mai wo can
have no better safeguard for our own liberty
than tho loyal obligation ot Its principles
rlnclplcs
In the case of others.
Chicago Hccord; Cuba has been declared
by the highest court In the land to be n
free nnd Independent country, ns It has been
tho avowed Intention of this government
that It should be, That this verdict ex
presses the real views of tho American
people nnd carries out their manifest pur
pose Is not open to serious question.
New York Tribune: The supreme court
decides that Cuba Is not, legally or Inter
nationally, a part of tho United States. Yet
our flag Is thero, all over tho Island, and Is
legally and properly there. It seems dif
ficult to avoid tho conviction, then, that nt
least in that caso tho constitution nnd tho
flag, nre not qulto as Inseparable ns tho
Siamese twins.
Philadelphia Press: Tho court plainly de
cides that occupation nnd control of ter
ritory by tho sovereign authority and power
of tho United States may bo exercised In
tlmo of absoluto peaco without necessarily
applying the provisions of tho constitution
over thnt territory. This sweeps nway any
doubt of our power to govern Cuba as we
nro now doing and to continue to do It
until a government hns been established
thcro satlsfactoiy to congress.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; Tho effect of this
decision upon public opinion in Cuba cannot
but be great. Thcro has been suspicion as
to tho good faith of tho United States gov
ernment, and nnxlcty for nn nuthorltatlvo
expression of Its Intentions. Now It has
been given by tho highest tribunal, Cuba
belongs to Its own people, nnd ns soon ns
a stablo government has been established by
their voluntary action It must bo sur
rendered to tnem. Judgment hns been
given.
Detroit Journal: Tho decision may or
may not foreshadow the decision jn uio
Porto Hlco and Phlllpplno cases, depend
ing, of course, upon tho Individual point of
view. Tho conditions nro not analogous,
but the languago of tho court certainly
encourages tho supporters of the iulmlnls
tratlon to nutlclpntc a decision which will
confirm tho rcctltudo of tho policy that hns
been followed. Tho two questions present
many flue legal distinctions, but tho gen
cral trend ot tho Necly enso decision Is
mnrkedly favorable to the administration's
position on tho Porto Hlco and Philippine
cases,
Olobo-Dcinocrot: Thero Is n chance thnt
tho divorce between flag and constitution
which this opinion ot tho court Bets forth
may havo some bearing on tho decision
which will be reached on tho cases Involv
ine tho light of congress to give different
sorts of treatment to tho Inhabitants of
Porto Hlco nnd tho Philippines from
tbnt which Is accorded to tho pcoplo of tho
United States proper. This question was
not directly touched, for the rolatlon of
Cuba to the United States is widely differ
ent from thnt between this country and tho
rest of the islands whoso fate was deter
mined by tho Spanish war. Porto Hlco nnd
the Philippines were ceded by Spain to the
United Stntcs outright, whllo Spain meroly
relinquished sovereignty over Cuba
llllUTALITV AT "WKST POINT.
Baltimore American: Boys in nit lnstltu
tlons of learntnc havo differences and will
quarrel and fight, but In no institution In
tho land is such brutality practiced as has
been proved to be tho custom at West
Point.
Portland Oregonlan: Tho whole theory of
hazing Is born of barbaric stupidity. It is
a practice that Is instinct with cowardice,
Injustice nnd petty tyranny. Tho manly
stuff of men In civil llfo Is tested without
resort to "scrapping" nnd bulldog pugilism
has no proper place In the training of nn
army officer.
Washington Post: In the prize ring men
are mnilc to wear gloves nnd arc invariably
protected Rgalnst barbarous punishment.
In the West Point tights tho little boys
have to meet tho big ones with baro
knuckles and they are expected to fight
until they faint, no matter how hopoloss
their Inferiority may be or how certain
thoir cruel punishment. Tho West Point
fights, In fact, ore characterized by all the
ruthless brutality of tho prize ring of tho
eighteenth century, without presenting one
of its humane nnd mnnly attributes, it Is
n case of barbarism and nothing else.
San Francisco Chronicle: Most of the
colleges of the country havo frowned on
hazing, as they havo put a stop also to
tho brutalities ot the old-tlmo clasB rushes.
Wherever either Is now permitted to be
carried on It Is In n mild form, which re
duces It to a strictly harmless and un
objectionable proceeding. Hazing at the
military academy must bo carried on less
brutally hereafter or bo abolished alto
gether. Tho management of tho academy
can unquestionably suppress It nnd tho
country will applaud the determination ot
tho congressional committee In declaring
thnt it must cease.
Washington Times: When common, vul
gar pugilists stand up nnd pound ench
other with gloves tho law In nearly nil
our stntcs compels them to stop short of
brutality. At West Point tho fistic system
Is different. Thoro green, soft boys in their
first few months In the acadomy nro com
pelled to fight young athletes with two or
throe years' training with baro knuckles
and until the former are pounded Into In
sensibility. All tho events nt West Point
nro to a finish, which Is always In sight
before tho first blow Is struck. If anybody
can conceive of a thing moro contemptible
and cowardly we should like to hear of It.
I'UH.NO.VAI, XOTIiH.
Kdgar It. Stewart Is tho youngest mayor
In West Virginia. Ho is 28 and is tho first
republican mayor of Morgantown.
Of course tho doctors arc wrangling
about the merits of salt as un elixir of
life. Meanwhile, people continue to die.
J. Ogden Armour, who Is now head of
the Armour business Interests, will bo only
3" years old next month, hut ho was con
nccted with tho lute P. D. Armour for
eleven years.
Down In Adair county, Kentucky, Colonel
Azure Dam rot Is a candidate for tho legis
lature, i no coionei recently published a
book of poems and was compelled to kill a
Iran wno intimated that author and verses
belonged to the same family.
General John W. Foster, secretary of
state In the Harrison administration, has
been elected president of tho America!
Bible society, of which ho has been lor soinu
years a slco president. Ho Is active In the
Presbyterian denomination and especially
interested In missionary work.
The little Id uk of Spain Is a great admirer
of tho prince of Wales, and having read
In tho continental press about tho Imml
nent downfall nt the British empire, sent n
letter recently to the prlnca to assura him
that if he was In dlfllcultles he could count
on the king ot Spain for support and sym
pathy.
In tho mntter of handwriting it is In
terestlng to know that Michael Davltt, who
lost his right arm in a manufactory when
he was only lu years of age, writes a
singularly clear hand, only distinguishable
by Its superiority from the ordinary writing
of people who have both hands, but only use
the right for writing. Mr. Davltt teaches
his children to write with both right and
left handx, a custom Invariably followed by
Japanese schools.
Mi. 11 AMI PAH.
Comment
nil Gritrrnl llnrrlsoii'n Xllp J
of the Pen.
Chicago Tribune.
General Harrison says in his article In
tho North American Itevlew on "Tho
Status of Annexed Territory" tbnt "we
havo done something out of lino with Amerl-
. ... , . ., ,v, .,".,,.. ,-,i.,ii
-.V"y .n.?.1 " "?,.mli" "LI" J ? '
. ' ' "
Heretofore the regions we nave tnKcn over
have been contiguous to us save In the case .
Of Alaska." I
General llarrloon attempts to glide lightly i
over this Alaskan exception, which plays
havoc with his argument, but Alnska Is tool
big, territorially spenking, or tnken nt a,
mouthful, to be ignored. With the acquisi
tion ot Alaska, tho lawfulness ot which 1
no ono questions, tho United States aban
doned its old practico ot acquiring only
contiguous territory nnd laid down n new
rule for Itself.
General Harrison tries to break the force
of tho Alaska precedent. Ho says: "Indeed
Alaska Is contiguous In tho sense of being
near." "Near" Is au Indefinite word. It
may mean n mile or a thousand miles.
Thcro nro degrees of nearness. Most
people when Alaska wns bought looked nn
it as remote. Mnny consider It so now.
The mm who hnvo voynged several doys to
reach It have not thought It "near." Gold
hunters who have been stranded nn the
Inhospitable shores ot Alaska nnd who have
found it n slow, Inborlous task to get back
to civilization have not thought Alaska
"contiguous" to the United States in any
senso of "nearness."
It General Harrison thinks Alaska Is
"contiguous" he must think tho Hawaiian
Islands nro contiguous also. He wns rngcr
to nnncx them. Ho sent n treaty to the
sennto for that purpose towards tho close
of his term. Cannot he stretch his clnstic
definition of contiguity a little more and
let it take In the Philippines?
Tho eminent gentleman from Indlnna says
further that previously annexed regions
"worn also nt tho tlmo of annexation either
unpeopled or sparsely peopled by civilized
men." Here again tho constitutionality of
an acquisition ot territory is a question ot
degree. General Harrison seems to nrguo
that If tho territory Is sparsely populated
the constitution mny be violated, It densely
populated It must not be. "There wcro
only n fow clvlllxcd Inhabitants," General
Harrison would say In extenuation ot a
purchnso of territory which Is "contiguous
In tho sense of being near." It was "such
h little one," said tho nurso maid In "Mid
shipman Kasy" la extenuation of her slip.
In constitutional questions as in potty legal
questions General Harrison Is of tho opinion
that "ile minimis non curat lex."
Tho territory on this continent acquired
by tho United States nt different times did
not havo many civilized Inhabitants, but
had many Indian Inhabitants. Had tho
nborlglnes no rlghtB? If they had General
Harrison seems to havo overlooked tho fact.
Ho nppears to bo keenly alivo to the rights
of the Filipinos and tho alleged dangers
that threaten thoso rights, nut he wns
ready to nnnox the Sandwich Islands, nl
though ho knew tho majority of their
native Inhabitants, moro civilized than tho
Filipinos nre, wcro opposed to annexation.
Porto Hlco, too, which General Hnrrlson
wishes to keep, is densely populated nnd its
people nre not fit for representation in con
gress. General Harrison's nrgument is not
consistent with Itself and does not agree
with his practice.
l'OPIJI.AIUZIXJ COKN AlinOAD.
The KIiik of Ccrenla Ilccomlnar n Fa
vorite Acroa tho Pond.
Harper's AVeckly.
It was over ton years ago that an attempt
was made to popularlzo American corn In
Buropo by touching foreign nations how to
rook nnd prepare It In various ways, nnd
tho consumptive demand has steadily in
creased ever since Tho "corn kitchen" nt
tho Paris exposition Inst summer wns ono
mere effcntlvo method of popularizing n
cereal which In this country is considered
equal to any raised. Before the Depart
ment of 4Agrlnulturo Bent Its first repre
sentative abroad, nearly a dozen years ago,
to show Kuropcans how to prepare corn
products, thero was a vaguo idea prevalent
In most foreign countries that Indian molzo
was good enough for pigs and cattle, but
not fit for human beings to eat. Kvcn
tho poorest peasants ot northern and south
ern Europo refused to touch the corn, nl
though It could bo obtained choaper than
tho rye and barloy which they ate dally In
ono form or another. It wbb the testimony
of Mr. Murphy, the department's pioneer
agent in tho Interests of corn, that tho
prejudice against oatlng our corn was so
great that it was almost Impossible In somo
plncos to Induco tho poor people to ent
corn products when offered to them free.
Thero was quite a marked contrast be
tween this early reception of our corn and
tho way the corn dainties which the Pari
sians and visitors ate so engerly at tho ex
position were disposed of last summer.
All tho corn delicacies that wero turned
out of tho "corn kitchen" woro devoured
readily by eager and appreciative visitors,
and plonty moro of snmples would hav
mot n like fate had It been possible to pre
pare them. American corn products as free
food certainly received moro than their
share of attention, nnd It is not lmposslblo
teat thousands of new corn-entlng recruits
were made by this exhibition.
Tho national food crop pf Germany and
Russia Is rye, while that of France Is wheat.
that of China rlco nnd that of India millet.
Corn cannot be said to be our national food
crop exactly, for wo nro heavy raisers nnd
consumers of wheat, too, but wo can raise
corn at a cost that enables us to sell It In
competition with nenrly all the national
foods of other countries. Thus from tho
standpoint of actual nourishment obtained
from tho foods wo can sell corn In Russia
cheaper than the peasants can raise their
rye, nnd In Franco far cheaper than tho
farmers can produce their wheat. It Is fair
under these, circumstances to suppose that
tho more general Introduction of our corn
among tho poorer classes of Europo will
A good
I'.M'A.NSlOX
Investment
nothing of our kind bought here this month is worth
niiit'h more than it will cost you. It is an invoHtment
not u more Hpot'iiliitioii.
Suits ns low ns $7.n) that were $15.00.
Ami suits at $10.00 Hint were $1S.00.
IOxlra trousers for those who want to freshen up 'the
winter suit, at 2.00, $2.B0, iJtf.OO and 1.50.
Special values in winter underwear for men at TCc a
garment, and some odd garments among the lot that
sold as high as $!i.00.
Hargains in all departments during this month.
NO CLOTH I NO FITS LIKE OCJEIS.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha' Only Exclusive Clothiers lor Meo mad Mor
mean a corresponding Increase in the de
mand for it ns human food. At preseni
we ship our corn to nil pnrls of the worlt
nnd the natives of Kurope, South Amerha
Central America, Australia. Africa. Cannda,
China, Mexico nnd the West Indies hnvi
ntundant opportunities to discover iti
virtues ns n human food. It Is quite evldcn.
thnt tho propaganda movement In the In
i'i'-e" muii-nn .... ... ...
,trfS'8 ot corn hn alnaA bor fruU
Wt
nro tow by tno statisticians that i
durlni
,. i.,.. n.. ...... ,.. .,..,. rnrn hnvi
ftVoraged 173,818.301 bushels per nnnum
u,lle itlirlne I till tlvn vnm tirfnro f tint ilntl
tl. nntu, nveraito rxnnrlK of mm wen
only 49i034.663 bushels. This shows nn In-
crcne of some 2f4 per cent.
I,I.M-2S TO A 1, At (III.
Philadelphia Times: ' I'm thinking nl.oii'
that lodger of ours," the landlord remnrkr
to his wife.
"About what?"
"Ho pays his rent so punctunlly I thlnl
I'd better raise it on him."
Komrrvlllo Journal: When n man luu
moro money than brains lie Is pretty sun
to get ncqunlnted before long with unothei
man who hns more bruins than money. Ai
a result, things In times are equalized.
Philadelphia Press: "Who whs Esau"
nsked the Sunday school teacher, who win
testing tho blblcnl knowledge of her pupil
"Ksbm," replied the prompt schnlnr, "wai
tho man who sold his birthmark for u pot
of miissuue."
Chicago Tribune:
"Joslah." said .Mrs.
one of the Mg battle.
Chligwntrr, "when
shlPM runs aground how do thoy get It off"
rney pun it orr witn a tug or wnr,-
n ii.
swered Mr. CliURWater. "I should
think
you a know enough to know thut.
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Yes, sh
wouldn't speak to tho editor when she ml
him."
"Hiiil ho offended her?"
"t Mhould say ho hud. Ills sorlety reportel
called her ono of tho past century's buds."
Indianapolis PrcRs:
"Teacher wtinti
Know if there lire nn
iv riinnlbnls In Ch in.
said tho hiiuiII boy boarder.
"Of course. JIuvo you never heard of tin
Miinchlis?" asked tho Cheerful Idiot.
Washington 8t.tr: "I met a very nhl
man who has somo admirable argument t
vlmtlratn your position In thnt rntnpnlKC
which caused so nilicli talk somo yean
ncn."
"Tell hltn not to bother mo." answered
Senator Sorghum. "He's wasting his time.
I don't want to biro any arguments on u
uc.-iu issue iiko inni.
Chicago Tribune: "This Is some of yoin
McKlnley prosperity. Is It?" snld the man
In tho old slouch hat, ns he sat down on n
stool at the "penny lunch counter" und
ordered n, 3-rent meal,
"You bet!" tho man In the frazzled
trousers responded heartily, with IiIh mouth
full of baked bonus. "It's better than Cleve.
land souphotises. F.verybody who cornel
hero has the penny."
Philadelphia Pres: "Peg pardon, kind
lady," bexnn tho polite beggar, "but I'm
badly lu need of money."
"I wonder If you deserve help," said
tho kind woman, susplrlnusly. "If I was to
give you a penny, what would you do
with It?"
"Your generosity would overwhelm me,
mu'iim. I'd buy a poHtnl curd nnd wrlt
you n nolo of thanks."
Indianapolis Press: "How's I.ushloy do.
lug?" usked the man who hnd been abrond
for a time. "When I knew him. years ngo,
ho used to get full onco In u while. Still th
some, I suppose,"
"Well. no. You might say lie gets full
'twlco lu a whllo' now."
TOUACCO .N.MOKi;.
I. J. Montague In Portland Oregonlan.
Foul weed, whoso fumes benumb tho brain
And wrench tho nerves with many a
twist,
Why Is It that men vow In vain
Thy funded powor to resist?
Why do they sit befogged In smoke
And reeking with thy smell, Instead
Of rising sternly to Invoke
A ctirso upon thy wretched head?
The noxious pipe, thnt taints the ambient
nlr.
The rank nnd strong' clgnr,
Kxtend their baleful odor, every whore,'
Both nenr and fur.
Tho perfume of the flowers nnd the trees,
Tho breath of fragrant May,
Borne In upon the balmy, vernal breeze,
They drive nwny.
The man whose deadened nostrils hold
Thy smoke, whoso every heaving breath
But spot (In tho day when, lying cold,
Ills limbs shall stiffen In the grasp of
death.
Becks little of the evil that Is wrought,
While ho is slave unto thy dreadful spell,
Nor gives to terror n'en n single, thought.
When thou dost exercise thy power fell.
I was thy victim once; I loved to lie
And festoon wreaths of haze above my
heod.
And shoot the circling rings of smoke on
high,
All thought ot care, all thought of sorrow
fled.
But that wns ere the changing of the year,
Before, defiant of companion's scoff,
Without n murmur or a parting- tear,
I solemnly sworo off.
And now I mako a mock of every charm
Thou hnst to offer men;
And, knowing well thy potency to harm,
I no'er shall smoko ngnln,
But, soft, upon tho mantleplecc I find
Ono lono clgnr. left ovor from the night
I Hmoked my last I think I've half a
ufter nil Just let mo get a light.
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