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14 THE OMAHA J J ALLY HE IS: SUNDAY, FHBHUAK Y 17. 15)01. The Omaha Sitnday Ber B. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION pal y Bee (without Sunday), One Year..t.0 Dally Bee and Sundav, One Year 8.00 Illustrated Bee. One tear " Sunday Bee, One Year... 2.00 Saturday Bee, One Year l-M Twentieth Century Karmer, One Year... l.UQ OFFICES. Omaha: Tho iir Hillrllnp. South Omaha; City Hall Building, Twen- jii in ana .M turrets. Council Bluffs; 10 I'earl Street. Uilcugo. ltMO L'nlty Building. New York; Tempi Court. Washington: noi Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and nil tprlal matter should be addres.cd: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters iui'1 remittances should be addressed; The Bee Publishing Com pany, Ornaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal orrir, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only 2-cont stamps .icccpled In payment of ma, I accounts. Personal checks, except on omalia or Eastern oxchanges, not accepted. THE BEE I'l'BLISHlNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. State of Nehraeka, Douglas County, ss.: qenrjco it, Tischuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing compHtiy, being duly sworn. ys that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. -ven ng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 1901, wus us follows: i ar.,r.oo 17.,.. sti.sio i uo,suh is ai,:tiMi 3 l!l,n.10 19 'M.WM a uu.aio :o u,T2it t 2(1,110 ii iiii.o.-.o 6 ..211,8.10 22 Ktl.-lIO 7 i!ll,.U 23 SIl.NBO S li(l,:iM(l 21 UO.l.SO 9 IHI.JilO 23 !,! 10 10 i!;,-HD 20 20,120 11 2(1,240 27 2(l,Hir. 12 20,120 28 20.1MI 13 20,700 29 12,77(1 14 2o,nro 30 2s,sio IS 20,1.10 31 2(1,1(10 It 2(l,:i20 Total 840,OS.1 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,017 Net total sales .S.'JO.uos Net dully average 20,770 GEO. 11. TZHCHUCK. Sjbscrlbcd In my presenco and sworn to before mo this 31st day of January. A. D. 1901. M. B. I1UNGATB. (Seal.) Notary Public. Ah a rnllrond editor Omnlin Btnntls suvorul iiotelu-H nltovo Itn ot'iisns rank. It takes two Uvyn that turn xltmil-tunt-onsly to open Nebraska's senatorial deadlock. lienural Wcyk-r'H h.VHtt-ni of suppress lug Insurrection seems to work better In Spain than It did In Cuba. .Montana Is having a serious time electing Its second senator. Some one should step In who Ih willing to dis tribute another copper mine. A lye factory has been skirted at South Otuaba. It has no connection with the one operated by the fake cor respondents' brigade at Lincoln. With an Increase of 10.4 per cent In clearings last week, Oiniilin. Is doing light well and keeping in the lead of many cities of much larger population. George Washington never held a rank higher than that of lieutenant general in tho army of the United States. Lieutenant General Miles has a right to feel Ids honors. The Whisky trust must have had a tip on the llijuor-dcstroylug raids In Kau nas when It nuuouuced some time ago that a large number of Idle distilleries Mere- to be started up. Violent storms are killing thousands of cattle dowti In Texas. 1'p north. In the balmy air of Nebraska, the cattle are coming through all right. People who want the best or everything. Including weather, come to Nebraska. Ulddle-If It took the Nebraska legls latino two years ago until .March 8 to reach a choice for one I'nlted States senator, how long will It take for the present legislature to reach a choice for two United States senators? Tho railroad managers have decided not to penult the use of sleeping cars for lodging purposes at Buffalo during Its exposition. The railroad men must Lave a stand-in with, the hotel pro prietors and boarding house keepers. The statistical record of trust forma tions for ll)(K) fools up a total of only ?8t:i.:J70,tXK) In capitalization, as against $J,481.8l).-,0OO for ISO'.i. New .lersey will have to make Its legislation still more favorablu If this discrepancy Is to bo made good. Tho Imports In the Philippines from the United States Increased 78 per cent during the past seven months over the previous corresponding period. Still the opponents of the administration tell us there Is no chance for American trade lu that part of the world. Irish members of tho Kugllsh Parlia ment promise the government some Hyely times lu the future. Whenever the lion, .loe Halley of Texas becomes .wearied of tho monotony of the Ameri can senate ho might go over to llngland ami watch the performance. President MeKtuloy wants Admiral Bampson accorded equal treatment with uVdmlral Dowry lu recognition of their Uuo work during tho late war with Bpaln. Admiral Sampson Is already abend on account, of his discretion lu keeping out of the political. tea. The (Jerinan army Is putting the pcaco 1 conference agreement made at Tho Haguo Into effect by equipping Its men with guns which tiro 1100 shots per minute. Possibly tho powers, when they whip the man they are after, will bo willing to talk peacn In earnest. Senator Hoar In hjs recent speech to tlio Massachusetts legislature, while de ploring party spirit as In many respects 0 Ri'opt cjvll, assorted that It Is not nenrly as bitter as It was half a century ago. As the vcuorablo senntor speaks from Ids own observation tho people who aro protesting today against parti eanthlp should glvo thanks for the Im provement that hua taken placo. run Tin: rnvTirs sake. "X Filipino soldier, crossing the ground where no one had a right to for bid liltn, was shot by our sentry," writes Mark Twain lu I1I1 MJincwlint bilious discussion of tho several armed dltllcul ties lu which civilized nations have found themselves embroiled with people more or less uncivilized. This assertion of the eminent humorist Is probably ac curate enough for the purpose It Is In tended to serve, but for the truth of his tory It Is rather loose. Nebraska has a peculiar Interest lu thts phase of the l'lllplno insurrection, luasmuch ns It was a Nebraska soldier who Hied the shot which brought on the war. It Is but a little more than two years since February 4, 181W, being the exact date Private (Jrayson of I) com pany, First Nebraska Infantry, chal lenged three Filipinos who approached hln sentry beat. When they declined to halt cr respond to his challenge he per formed a soldier's duty and tired on them. Men who served In tho regiment of which all Xebraskans are proud agree that for several days matters at the "front" had been squally. Tho Ne braska boys had been moved from the water front to a station at Santa Mesa, whlclr was practically an outpost. The picket who tired the shot was oil artual outpost, duty. Less than 1!(X) yards sepa rated the lines at this point. While the Filipinos were apparently friendly en.ougli up to within three or four days of the beginning of hostilities, It was evident to all that a clash was Immi nent. The shot that opened the cam paign was not tired at u Filipino by one wiio had no right to forbid him crossing the ground. It was tired by a sentry in tho discharge of his duty, and the volley which auswered It from the Filipino camp was an endorsement of the Judg ment shown by the soldier who declined to allow a suspected enemy to pass his post unchallenged. Such debaters as Mark Twuln has ap parently become should wait until the actors aro all dead before they assail the genesis of the druma. It Is too easy to confute their sophistical arguments with admitted and established facts. IfWi IIVHSIA HKTAMATKI The decision of the secretary of the treasury that Russian beet sugar Im ported Into the United States must pay the countervailing duty Is said to be causing some uneasiness among manu facturers having trade with Russia, who fear that government will retaliate by imposing higher duties on their prod ucts, perhnps so high as to shut them out of the Russian market. rids Is said to have been threatened by the Russian government while the question of Imposing the duty was un der consideration, though we have seen no olllclal confirmation of the report. If Russia should adopt such a course we should lose some trade and our chanceH of Increasing our commerce with that country lu tho future would necessarily be Impaired. Last year our cxjmrtH to that country, principally agricultural implements and railroad supplies, amounted to .?8,."(K),000. This Is practically a new trade and Is only a promise of greater things to come, for It Is believed (hat upon the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway the market that will be open to Ameri can machinery of all kinds will prob ably be found to be an unprecedented one. Now, everthlug needed to equip or construct a railway, all agricultural Implements, all electrical supplies and lu fact machinery of every kind Is ad mitted to Russia free of duty at the port of Vladlvostock and some other ports on the Asiatic side of Siberia. It Is by this Reciprocity, supplemented as it Is by our ability to make and sell ma chinery upon terms that are highly sat isfactory to Russia, that we have already gained so substantial a portion of her markets and have had the most encouraging promise for a vast Increase of It. The Russian ambassador at Washing ton Is said to have scoffed at the idea that a serious tariff war Is probable. Of course the Russian government will be guided in the matter by what It shall deem to bo tho best Interests of the country. Tho amount of beet sugnr Imported into the I'nlted States from Russia is not a very Important Item lu the trade between the two countries. Last year It was l.'j.ooo.OOO pounds. worth $:mo,8(M. It Is not likely that It would nuiterlully Increase, even If the countervailing duty were not Imposed. Obviously Russia would have nothing to gain through a tariff war and look- lug at the matter from a purely practi cal standpoint a policy of retaliation would be a mistake, unite as harmful to Russia as to the United States. Secretary Gage Is of the opinion that the mutter ought to be taken before the courts for declslou. Ah an administra tive otllcer it Is the duty of the secre tary of the treasury to determine ques tions of doubt In favor of the govern ment, it Is probable that this case will bo taken to tho courts. von TIW VAX AM A MUTE. Dr. Sllva, secretary of state of the republic of Colombia, Is lu the United States on a special mission to endeavor to induce this government to enter Into negotiations for acquiring tho rights of tho Panama Canal company. He says the Colombian government is 4n posi tion to facilitate the transfer of the French Interests lu tho canal company to the United States government If the latter should show a disposition to con sider favorably tho Panama route. Colombia, he explained, cannot give any nation Its .consent to build a canal across Panama without the consent of the French company and what that government now desires Is to facilitate a transfer of tho French Interests, so that tho canal may be built without un necessary delay. It Is quite safe to say that Dr. Sll vii'h efforts will be fruitless. While there aro members of congress who be lieve that tho Panama route Is tho bet ter one and that tho United States would make a great saving in money If It should secure coutrol of that canal, It has been conclusively shown that an overwhelming majority In both tho sen- ate and the house are In favor of the Nicaragua route and will not seriously consider any proposition for ncqulrlng the Panama canal. Fvery discussion of the canal question In congress has demonstrated that It is utterly useless to ask consideration for any other than the Nicaragua route and the reports submitted by the senate committee on Interoceanle canals explicitly declares tluit the United State should have nothing to do with the Panama water way. Undoubtedly this Is also the lew of the administration, though lu his last annual message President McKlnley, lu urging the Importance of an Isthmian canal, did not specify any particular route or Intimate a preference. It Is reasonable to suppose, however, (hat thu president concurs lu the view of a ma jority of the republicans in congress. It is obvious, therefore, that the m!slon of the representative of the Colombian government will be without avail. The canal bill which passed tho house of representatives at tho last session will In due time-that Is. when the pending treaty Issue Is disposed of pass the senate. The Isthmian canal which the United States will build hud control will be through Nlcaraguan territory. vmunamxu uhkat amkiiwaxs, The anniversary of the birth of Abra ham Lincoln last week afforded occa sion for many notable tributes to his character from tho mouths of eminent public men of the day which will Hud their counterpart the coming week at celebrations of Washington's birthday. Roth of these come closely this year In the wake of the exercises devoted to John Marshall In commemoration of the centennial of his ascent of the supreme court bench upon which he Inaugurated a new era lu our constitutional Juris piudence. While the practice of periodical me morials to the careers of prominent fig ures lu our national history dates back nearly to tho beginning of the republic, the tendency is none the less noticeable toward 11 more general Interest In and observation of the public holidays that have been set apart In honor of great Americans. This tendency Is not to be deplored but encouraged, because the people cannot become too familiar with the achievements of true American statesmen and leaders. Nothing Is so stimulating to rightly directed ambition ns the example of lofty and successful careers arising from the opportunities that present themselves to every Intelligent citizen and Interwoven with the nation's glory and prosperity. To the struggling lawyer no more In spiring precedent In his profession can be cited than the cpoch-maklug work of John Miirshall, culminating in his long Incumbency of the position of chief Jus tice of the United States. To tho citizen in well-to-do or even wealthy station, no Incentive to devote his energy to public life can be stronger than the picture of Washington, the richest man of his day in all America, responding promptly of his own accord to every call and requi sition made upon him by his country. To the poor boy of strong determination and adaptable ability, the rise of Lin coln to the presidency through succes sive stages of usefulness and honor till his deatli, mourned as none before, him, will ever spur I1I111 on to noble efforts and laudable aspirations. Other Ameri cans great lu different fields, lu the forum and legislature, on the battle ground, In science and Industry, who call for recognition their merit deserves, stand as guiding pillars for succeeding generations. The great names In American history always arouse feelings of pride in every living American ami their achievements will always furnish themes for eulogies on anniversary occasions no matter how often they recur. WILL CALb AX KXTUA SESSIOX. President McKlnley has announced bis Intention to call an extra session of the Fifty-seventh congress us soon as the Cuban constitution Is received. It Is expected that the constitution will be signed by the members of the conven tion tomorrow or Tuesday, so that the Instrument mny rench Washington within the next ten days, but not lu tlmo for the present cougress to give It any consideration, as there Is uow more busluess before it than can ho dis posed of at this session. It Is evident that the president does not wish to assume the responsibility of determining whether or not the Cu ban constitution makes adequate pro vision for a stable government and gives satisfactory assurances of such relations with the United States as he believes to be essential to the proper recognition of the rights of this coun try and tho future peace and prosperity of Cuba. There appears to be favora ble promise that the constitutional con vention will respect the desire of this government to have defined the rela tions that are hereafter to exlsL between the United States and the new republic, but if it snail do this it will he neces sary for congress to pass upon the ques tion whether the nrraifgoment proposed by the Cubans met the views of the Unltid States and justified our with drawal from the island. An expression of congress lu regard to this should not be unduly delayed. To leave the matter until the time for the regular session of the Fifty-seventh congress, next December, would com pel the Cubans to wait for perhaps a year befoit they could Institute I heir government and ask that American oc cupation of the Island be withdrawn. This they would reasonably regard as unfair treatment and would be very likely to show some resentment. The questjon as to how far congress may rightfully go In dealing with tho Cuban constitution is still undetermined. Rut It Is very generally admitted that the United States can properly ask some concessions and guaranties, particularly with respect to the future relations be tween It and Cuba. And It Is mani festly Important that these shall be made a part of the organic law of the new republic, Instead of being left to tho chanco that after a Cuban govern ment Is organized It will proceed 10 do Justice to tho United States lu the wuy of commercial and diplomatic conces sions, for the hundreds of millions of dollars and the American lives sacri- Heed to free Cuba from Spanish sever dgnty. This is the position the presl dent has taken and it l not In the least inconsistent with the national promise of an Independent Cuba. There has been nnd It Is safe to say there will be no coercion of the Cu bans. They have framed their consti tution without any pressure from this government. What the United States asks of them Is legitimate, Just nnd necessary and It would be a very serious inUtake to refuse these concessions. Meanwhile the purpose of the president to make congress share with I1I111 the responsibility of passing upon the char acter and sulilclency of whatever guar antics the Cubans may offer will be generally conceded to be Judicious and proper. Tin: cnxTuwvTiux to amurr. A compilation of the appropriations paid out of the state treasury made to Illustrate the encroachments of public charity shows that the people of Ne braska expend nearly as much each year on charitable, reformatory and penal Institutions as on all the regular branches of the state government. We presume tlnu similar If not equal proportions would be disclosed by like exhibits of other states, because It Is notorious that the work done by these public Institutions has Increased enur mously in recent years and far in ex tess of the population. Not only has the number of charitable Institutions supported by both public and private endowment been steadily growing, but Improved methods of treatment or edu cation have made their operation as a rule more expensive. That the burden entailed upon the healthy, energetic and thrifty citizen ship by the defectives, the dependents, the Incorrigible and tho Insane or dl. eased is heavy goes without saying, but If there Is one thing characteristic of modern civilization It Is the protection and assistance furnished by society to the helpless who cannot care for them selves. A complete revolution has been wrought in the last fifty years lu the methods of handling the Insane. The various schools for the education of the deaf, dumb, blind and feeble-minded have perfected systems of teaching de signed to make these wards at least partially bclf-sustnlnlug If not useful members of the community. The ad vances In penology have transformed our prisons from dungeons to reforma tories where the proper remedies are ap plied, to correct vicious tendencies. While all this represents a huge out lay of bralus, labor and money, lu the long run it should be economical to so ciety lu general. To provide for de fectives and dependents lu public Insti tutions certainly costs less than to give them the same attention In the house hold or In local Institutions and surely no one would want to go back to the time when these helpless people were left to their own resources. Ideal society Is that in which no mem ber imposes the slightest burden upon uny other, but, on the contrary, contrib utes his full share toward the advance ment and welfare of the whole. That Ideal, like most others, Is not counted lu the attainable, yet. only by making the best of existing conditions through the discharge of every duty to our fel lows can wo keep moving forward and enlarging the circle of happiness and contentment. After reading the editorials In demo cratic papers no one can doubt but the president made many grave mistakes In his nominations of officers for promo tion and for uew places in the army. There Is not a democratic paper In the land which does not have from 0110 to four men on Its staff who could make the United States army the greatest lighting machine In tho world If the president would o'nly give them a chance. So long us the president Is short-sighted enough to continue nom inating men who have served In the army ho can expect to see the most brilliant military talent going to waste. Hoke Smith, the Georgia statesman who was secretary of the Interior in President Cleveland's last cabinet, says the southern democrats will reor ganize the party by simply lenving Hryan and his vagaries out of, considera tion at the next democratic national con vention. Ho says they coul'd have done this at the Kansas City meeting, but, fearful of defeat at. best, thought It wiser to let Hryan bear the blame than to assume It themselves. Hoke should have spoken earlier and saved Rryan some of his trouble. The last appeal of President Kruger Is certainly most pitiful, but tho rest of the world Is busy with Its own troubles nnd the consequences of Interference In South Africa are so stupendous that no power Is willing to take tho step. With thliiy-oue sons and grandsons lu the field, two sous dead as tho result of the war, himself practically an exile and no hope of relief, his closing years for;n one of the saddest pictures In the world's history. A less sturdy man would break under the load. Tho big transactions in tho railway world, effecting changes of tremendous significance lu the owners of Im portant trunk line systems, presages brisk activity lu railroad construction lu the early future, to put competing roads on equal planes for handling shipments. The new construction nat urally will come lu the west, where fast developing regions justify better rail road facilities. The railroad building record ought to start an upward shoot very shortly. If any two pugilists, professional or amateur, are so anxious to ascertain which is the better that they aro willing to go Into the backyard and fight It out, wo presume no one will bo tempted to Interfere. Professional bruisers, how ever, do not do it that way, because there Is no money lu It unless collected from spectators who come In at tho gate. When It comes to giving a fistic mill as a public exhibition the public authorities should have to be reckoned with. Tho latest business failure In Ne braska Is explained as the result of tho fall In Interest rates making It 1111 protltnble for the unfortunate Invest ment company to deal lu real estate loans and farm mortgage securities. What about the dread money power that was making money scarce and dear and leaving the farmer the victim of tho money lender; Has the situation been reversed and the gold standard still ascendant? Iti-iit dinner fur TpnIii. I'ittsburK Chronlcle-Tclcgruph, Mr. Tesla might make a wireless con nccttoa with Pat Crowe's hiding plnce. Hint from n lliioslrr. Indianapolis Journal, Tho legislator ulio rocs homo without any votes to explain stand best with his constituents. t'(lllt)- fur a Mimv II1111U. Baltimore American. An Indiana statesman was lost In a snowdrift. This lends an added charm to tho poem about "The Beautiful Snow." Vindication fur (i round Iiok. Philadelphia Inquirer. As matters nro going now both tha groundhog and that Berks county goose bone will have vindication to burn bcfois spring returns. Of (hf Snmr llrrril. Qiobc-Democrat. The meanest defamation of Abraham Lin coin when ho was alive came from tho copperheads, and precisely the same kind of copperheads who now pretend to praise him while they flro In tho rear of the Amer lean army In tho Philippines. Reporters mill (.'niieiisi-s. Washington Star. The reporters were not admitted to tho caucus of Nebraska senatorshlps. Perhaps this Is thu best plan. A number of re porters are likely to see things from too many points of view nnd fall Into inaccu racies. The best way is to get the facts lucidly and directly from an actual par ticipant In the occasion. .llovrnirnt In Ilnckwnrit, Philadelphia Times. An Indiana court has refused to grant a dlvorco asked for by tho woman on tho ground that, being In modc.-ato clrcum stances, It was not unreasonable for the husband to demand that tho wtfo work at sewing to assist In defraying household ex penses, although there wero five small chil dren to care for. If this Is any Indication of tho direction being taken at present by tho movement for the advancement of women to an equality with men, the quicker tho whole thing Is dropped the better. Crimen of Civilization. Cleveland Leader. Civilization not only murdered women and children In China, but It became u common thief. The Btory will never be told In full, but enough Is known to ever lastingly disgrace the armies of several na tions. No barbarity of tho dark ages sur passed In wanton cruelty the outrages which havo recently been committed In China by white men In the uniforms of European countries. The "Boxers" were no more bloodthirsty than were the beasts who were sent to their country to punish them. HlHiidt-rlncr Ihr President. Philadelphia North American. Now who are these masked and furtive persons who go about whispering that the president of the United States Is a man without honor or conscience, a false swearer, a canting hypocrite, a thief of men's liberties, a monstrous spider In the White House deftly spinning a web of na tional crime and shame? Unfortunately their offense Is not treason In law, but it Is treason In effect, it Is an outrage that such mallgmcnt slanders can be circulated with impunity and that the president must bear all patiently until official opportunity arrives for him to refute with dignity the reflections upon his character. W. J. Ilrynn 11 nil Klnir ICilnnrd. Globe-Democrat. William J. Bryan seems to know as little about the history and politics of Great Britain as he does about the politics and history of the United States. In his queer paper, tho Commoner, ho remarks that Britain's new king "could announce his willingness to Jpln Parliament In extending to tho people of Ireland the rights and privileges now eujoye'd by his English sub jects, Ho could express a desire for u termination of tho war In South Africa, In which Englishmen are being sacrificed and Boers slaughtered in order to raise tho flag over a few gold mines." This action on tho part of the king, as Bryan Imagines, would settle the Irish and tho Boer issues Im mediately. Tho brilliant Nebraskan appears to sup- poso tnat toe monarcn writes an tne "speeches from tho throne." Everything that he says, according to the Ideas of Mr. Bryan, "goesl" On this hypothesis Victoria must havo been responsible for the war In South Africa. If sho had only said the word, the Irish problem would have been solved half a century ago. This Is Bryan's notion about the powers of tho British mon arch. Several things have happened In England slnco the days of Henry VIII, but the news seems not to have reached Lin coln, Neb. Charles I was executed and his son James II was driven out for attempting to exercise less personal power than Edward VII, according to this assumption, possesses, but nobody seems to havo told Bryan any thing about It. SE.VATOUIAL CONTESTS. ('uniiiliitlvr IteimoiiH "Why Jioiintors Should Hi- Cliodcn liy Pnnulm- Vote. Ttmea-IIerald. Tho telegrams In yesterday's papors con tinued the long record of thrco senatorial conteets. At Lincoln, Neb.: Helena, Mor.t., and Salem. Ore., futile ballots wero taken nnd tho tlmo of the legislatures was wasted becnuao of a system of elections which per mlti of almost llmltleEs intrigue and cor ruption. Evidence against tho system Is piling up every year and thero should 'bo a change from legislative to popular elections be cause: lirst Such a change would practically cllmlnato tho possibility of corruption by money, A statu convention, with Its short session, its large numbers, Its fresh man dato from the pooplo, would bo much harder to bribe than n ptrt of tho majority of a state legislature. Second Thero would be loca probability of corruption by any means for tho same rea sons. Ihlrd Tho elections would bo more popu lar In tact as well as In name, and the can didates would respond moro promptly to tho popular will. Fourth Tho legislature would bo left to attend strictly to Its legislative duties and the state would be saved much In time and money. None of these contentions can be met with oven a fair pretenio of argument by those who cling to tho old method, and thereforo they appeal to the fear leit the sonate shall lose In conservatism and In the character of Its members. But as rejardi tho question of conservatism fl may be said that It Is tho length of the term rather than the style of the election that counts. It Is a fact, also, that under the present syelem tho cenato has sometimes evinced less of true conservatism than the house and moro of demagogy. The Toller Cuban resolution la a case In polnf. PBHSO.VAI. Al OTHEHWISE. William II. Morrow har. been elected city messenger of Lawrence, Mass., for this year for the thirtieth consecutive time. Towell Clayton, Unltl States ambassador to Mexico, Is to attend tho Inauguration of President McKlnley. Ho has two months' leavo of cbicncc. Editor J. Sterling Morton of the Con- ; servatlve. having taken on accurate meas urement of .Mr. Bryan as an editor, calls him Karmer Bryan. Wlllhin Bean Howclls Is to spend the late spring In Europe. A portion of tho time hp will rpend la London, whore, It Is under stood, ho will bo tho guest of Henry Jaiaci. Mrs. Maty Wolfe, who died nt Wheeling. o.. the other day. aeed 102 years, taw Napoleon In Poland both when he started uron nnd returned from his disastrous llus- elan campaign. Wyndham Spencer Portal, who has been created a baronet recently. Is tho head of a family uiiUh. slnco 1714. has had the ex cluslvo privilege of making tho banknote paper for tho Bank of Enelnnd. Baron Kanoko. whom the mikado has Just appointed minister of Justice In the JaDnn ese rabltet. Is a graduate of Harvard, class of 'S3, nud returned to this country In 1S50 to receivo his LL.U. degree from that uni versity. Uev. S. Barlng-fiould, tho author of tho hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers," Is cred ited with being tho most prolific of English authors, tho Hrltlsh museum catalogue showing HO titles over his nama. Andrew Lang Is second, with ISO. J. Ogdon Armour of Chicago denlcB tho story that he Is to retlro from business In order to devote more tlmo to roalety. 'i havo worked hard all my business life," ho says, "and havo no desire to stos now. I could not retlro from business If I wanted to, and I certainly do not want to," It Is reported' from Portland, Me., that Samuel 1'. Pearson, the "preacher sheriff," after succeeding In closing CSC saloons and kitchen barrooms in one month, will shortly resign his office. His chief deputy, Uev. Henry T. Skllllngs, has resinned" It is tald that tho resignations ore duo to tho Influ ence of politicians who fear the results of tho "dry" city on future party success. The letlrement of Judge James M. Smith from the bench of tho Hamilton county (O.) circuit court (1 few days ago was made the occasion of a reception In Ids honor by the Hamilton County Bar association. Judgo Smith's retirement from tho circuit court marked the completion of thirty-two years on tho bench. He served one term as pro bato Judge, thirteen years on the bench of tho common pleas court and sixteen years as a circuit court Judge. Prof. Charles roster Kent, now professor of biblical literature and history In Brown unlverBltr, has been elected to 'the Woolsey professorship of biblical literature at Vale, succeeding Prof. F. K. Sanders, transferred to tho divinity school. Prof. Kent was graduated from Vale In tho class of 1SS9. He received tho degree of doctor of philosophy In 1691, and lateT studied "at the University of Berlin. He Is the author of several .works on Old Testament history and criticism. MAHY IV. Interesting Facta About Object nil it An t i-ceden til of Jncolilte I.enituc. Indianapolis Press. A paragraph In the Press stating that a placard had been nailed on the gates of St. James' palace declaring Edward VII a usurper and Mary IV tho rightful sov ereign, has attracted attention. Readers are asking about Mary IV, and some have requested enlightenment concerning the Jacobite league. English history records throe Marys who have reigned. The first was the daughter of Henry VIII "Bloody Mary;" tho next was tho wife of James II Mary of Modena; tho third was the daughter of James II and wife of William III. The English Jacobite party (differing In sentiment from tho Irish Jacobites) camo into being shortly after James II was deposed. Tho Latin name for James Is Jacobus, and Jacob means "tho supplantor." Tho followers of the exiled Stuarts, James II, and his son, James Francis Edward, the Chevalier do St. Georgo (died In 1766), his two grand Fons, Charles Edward (died In 17S8) and Henry of York (died In 1807), were recruited from the Catholics and high churchmen und strengthened by a large body of political malcontents. Oxford was at one time the hotbed of Jactibltlsm, believing strongly in "the divine right of kings" nnd the au thority of the church. Cambridge, on the other hand, was warm In favor of the peo ple. The Jacobltea havo always been un swervingly loyal to the house, of Stuart, faithfulness to Its Interests being the main tenet of their creed. Tho chief thing la connection with the deposition of James was not the fall of tho houso of Stuart, It was not tho transfer of tho crown to William, but this year (1C88) saw the end of the "dlvlno right at kings" Idea. With William's accession the House of Commons acquired power; absolutism was ended. Stuart pretenders havo not been wanting from the day of Jamca to this. Tho last True as In his own handwriting, of own way, Rev. Kemp tells of Syrup Pepsin: " Methodist,'' Episcopal Church . . Rev. R. A. Kemp, SrtUri Ytvvu-cCu, tJr tiu. Cv lliul Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is an all-the-year-'round Remedy and may be obtained of All Druggists, Wholcnnlo nad Retail. two of note were brothers John Sobleskl Stolberg Stuart, Count d'Albanle, nnd Count. Charles Edward d'Albanle who claimed to bo grandsons of the young chevalller. It It said that n descendant of one of their brothers h now living In Bavaria. She Is married to a man of rank, her name Is Mary, and It, Is sbc, It Is supposed, who Is meant by the placard as Mary IV. Tho placard wan doubtless tho work of a eraak It Is not likely that Edward VH's head "lies uneasy" because of It. There Is a cottrle of aristocratic families now In England, called "legitimists," who havo never attended court, believing the Hanoverian dynasty Illegal. They advocate the claim of l'rlccess Maria Theresa of Bavaria, who traces her Uncage back to Jamas I through his son, Charles I, whll Victoria was descended from a daughter of James I. Mary's lineage and claims are fully set forth lu the "Legitimist Calendar," which Is Issued In London each year by tho Marquis de Ituvlgny. JESTS A.I) JIXILE.H. Life: Klrst LIltlB Olrl-Oh. you told a lie. You'll go to hell If you tell lies. Second Little Ulrl-Holl? Where's thai -Whut! You n good Methodist nnd don t know whore hell Is?" "No, I don't, They don't teach ge ography In our. class." Philadelphia Tlmeli "It will be Interest. Ing to sea whether King Edward, becomes a particular patron of the authors of his reign." "As prince of Wnlcs he always took a lot of Interest In tho bookmakers." Philadelphia Itecord: ' "She's thinking of getting a divorce," cnld tho first Chicago woman. "The Idea." exclaimed the other; "wasn't her murrlagn a sucoess7" "No. Tho newspapers gave very little space to It. She argues that her dlvorco will attract moro attention." Philadelphia Inquirer: The rumor that even tho moon was afraid to get full, In Kansas, or course, wo mean, since Mrs, Nation made her llnshllght nppeamnco on the scene, Is only another Invention of thn onemy and Is to be Included In tho cate gory of Infamous campaign lies. Brooklyn Life: "I don't see how ho can bo such u popular alergyman when he abuses his congregation so." "Eaiy enough. Everybody thinks he Is talking about everybody else." Yonkera Statesman: He My uncla Is a strange man. She Why so? "He says tho only tiling he's got to ,llv for Is tho hope that ho will have a large funeral," Philadelphia ' Itocord: "Of course, li s highly Improbable," remarked the Brit isher, "but fupposa our soldiers In South Africa should run out of ammunition, wouldn't It be awful?" "Well. I don't know," replied the ether; "If they hud none tho Boers couldn't cap. tun any, and so things would be at a standstill." Boston Courier: Time. 11 p. m. "They tell mfl your gait was esteemed one of the finest In the regiment." "You Hatter me." "No. Lieutenant WnirmtnfT mi 1,1 vnn marched magnificently." "Tho Jleutenunt may not be a good Judge." "i rnncy 110 Is. To my mind there Is nothing that makes u man moro tireaent. able and really attractive than a graceful win. .iiy cunosiiy is greatly arouteu. May I ask a favor of you? ' "Certainly." "Then I would like to .18 von walk "' And she handed him his hat. Boston Globe: There's refreshing can dor In this personal advertisement printed yesterday In a New York paper: "Almost i'ii,inuld-.. Hyely. affectionate, Inherited $65,000, will. share life's Joys and sorrows with congenial husband." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Mrs. Chestv hec.ms.., thn she Is one of society's lights." j'Sho telles too much upon the effulgence of her nose." Her Hand CIukjifiI Tlifht llrhlnil Her. Anna W. Wlcr in Philadelphia Inquirer. Ho lingered ere they parted And besought'of her a kiss. She fnlterlngly replied, "Kind sir, A question 'tis 6f this! "Would you reverently Impress It On the forehead, 'twere respect; On the hand, It is for friendship; Don't you think you'd nrst reflect? "On the lips It might be either. Or perchance be both, or more." He paused In meditation till She thought him quite a bore. Then ho looked; she stood before him. Her little hat tipped low, Her hands clasped tight behind her. Could he keep her standing so? HEVENGES OF TIME. Chicago Record. A fool thero wus, who tolled for years A certain wondrous thing to build, No doubts he entertained, no fears, And only faith his bosom filled. Thero as he labored, people came And watched him ply his busv tool. They mode of him their sport and gam And said It was Just like, 11 fool. Ills plan they called a vision wild. A thing of nuught, a rotten reed, Tho Idlo day dreams of a child. Ilo labored on and took no heod. Tlmo passed: tho fool grew old and gray. Ills form wns bent, his eyesight dim; But still he wrought the livelong-day Until at last death called for liltn. Tho yeorR rolled onward, one bv one. Forgot that work of simple wit, Until, discerning what was done, A wise man came, and finished It. Gospel his own accord,, and in his the merit of Dr. Caldwell's . . .V i 1