Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1892, Page 4

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SCTIUCK, subscribed in my 1) 1802, I lie. Average..... ccoouinue toLofore me and o day of Jununry, A. N. P, Notury | The crowth of the averace daily eirc of Tne Br for six yenrs is shown in vhe fol- Jowin ¢ table: TR T | T T dnnuary.........| 03| ate | he20a 1674 it 13,00 18 11| 1AL 18,744 18, (18 2T o 4147 1425 1485 2001 1| Homg 15,050 2 44| 051 1151 15 Cetober. November. Republican State Central Committ Osivina, Jun, 2.—The state central commit- tee will meet at the Millard hotel at 7 o'clock, Thursday, January 14. The executive com- mittee will meet at 4:30, samo date and place. S. D. Mercenr, Chairmau, Tue supreme court of the United States appears to think illuminating oil in Nebraska should stand tho flash test of 100° Fahrenheit. THE ci'izons of Douglus county care a gront deal less as to who shall be pres- ident of the county board than who shall be superintendent of the poor. They have had vnough of the presont style of poor manngement and will wolcome change. Tne adulterated flour shipped from St. Petersburg to the Russian famine sufferers is said to have created a municipal scandal. On this side the water it is regarded as a contemptible swindle and a national scandal of which Russia may well bo ashamed. AWARDING contracts without adver- tising for proposals of performing public work. This ap- pears, however, to have made no differ- ence to a city council renowned for its reckless disregard of law, honesty and the best intevests of the public treasury. THE trouble on the Texas border promises to be more serious than it ap- peaved at first. Garza is to all appear- ances merely the figurehoad, and he has back of him money and men enough to make o revolution if he were on the farther sido of the dividiof stream. His presence in Texas ondangers our pence: ful relations with the Mexican republic. GENERAL MEIGS, who died in Wash- ington yesterday, was ono of the most useful soldiers in the service of the goy- ernment during the rebellion. Asquar- termaster general of the army his duties were of the most arduous and import- ant chavacter, and he performed them with distinguished ability. His services to the country covered a period of forty- six yeurs, and few soldiers made so hon- orable a rocord for fidelity. devotion and usefulness, JUDGE THOMAS RIFF L death will recall the memorable contest be- tweed him and Hon, E. K. Valentine for the judgeship in 18 The supreme court managed by the applinnce of the differentinl calculus to figure Valentine elected by a majority of two and a half votes. This wus the turning point of Valontine’s career. Judge Griffey never aftorward sought any political prom- inence, though he remained an influen- tiul citizen and was recognized as a law- yer of ability. ——— CHINA will be represented at the Chi- cago exposition, and her envoy promises that her exhibit will be large, novel and picturesque. Logislation will be neces- sary to provide for the temporary ad- mission of Chinese artisans and laborers i connection with the exhibit; and it will be an interesting task to frame such logislation so as not to give offense to the Chinese government and ut the same time not discradit oxisting law re- lating to its peoplo. Perhaps the situ- avion will suggest to many that the action of the Chinese government is something of a rebuke to this free and enlightened nation, YrAR by year the cout this judicial distrigt has inorensed. The docket which thirteen years ago one man could eusily dispose of has grown until two, then four and finally seven judges were required to koop the logul wheels in motion, The greatest growth has of course been in Douglas county, but Washington, Burt and Sarpy have also enjoyed great matorial prospority It has for several years boen the claim of theso out counties that tho busivess of Douglas was rushed through tho courts and they were neglected. Unfor- tunately there has been some ground for tho complaint. It has been felt so keenly by the adjacent countios that a very unpopular candidate from one of the counties last tall received a very large voto in the outside counties. The proposition, therefore, that oneof the seven judges should be given the country business should tavor, business of chargo of meot with s an expensive way | A PERPLEXING PROBLEM. One of the most parplexing problems which confronts social retormers is the “all bredwinners can mutual interests by con- certed und united politichl action. Mr, Powderly, who is only a surface thinke:, has reached the conclusion that the in- terests of the farmer and are dentical, and their futuy be best promoted by uniting theiv fore a new political question whethe promote the borer welfare can and pooling issues 1n party composed entirely of the wenith producers, If Mr, Powderly had been a close student of political economy. and had familiarized himself with the history of the labor movement in foreign countries, he would realize that theve ways has been and always will remain 1 broad line of demarcation between the nd tilier and the laborer in the work- shops This has been the exper gesand is the situation at this time in England, Germany, Fean and other Buropean countries. Far from pooling issues the workingmen and farmers of those countries opposi political parties never harmonized. Prof. Jumes Bryce, the author of “The American Commonwealth,” a liberal member of the British Pavlinment,writes to the editor of THE B under date of December 21, 1801, among other things, Am I right in thiking can| labor party has for into the buckground and will not distract the issue betweer democrats and republicans next year Am [ also right in the impression’ that its strength lies still chiolly among pe sons of foreign nationality, and that it does not gain ground among native Americans? Hove in England tho vise of the separate labor party, hostile specinlly to the liborals, is the most threatening phenomenon; if it should go on it might damage liberalism very ser- iously and even snatch from Mr. Glad- stone his anticipated victory.” Now the liberal party in England is largely made up of farmers and small land holders. In Germany the labor voform party, known as the soecinl democracy, is solidly arrayed against the farmers and land owners, for whose benefit an embargo had for years been maintained against Amerioan pork and other American food products, But we are told thut these conditions do not prevail in America. One of the udvocates of the proposed new farmers’ and workingmen’s party declares that *‘the interest of one is the concern of all. When the farmer is receiving good prices for the products of his furm he is able vo buy manufactured goods. This gives more work to the city people and surely betters their condition. When the farmers are recciving very low prices they are unable to buy the pro- ducts of the factory, theroby throwing the city people out of employment. When farming is unprofitable the sons and daughters of farmers flock to the citles and help to beat down the wages of workers in citie This is very plausible and in the main correct, Lut let us put the boot on the othor foot. When the laborer is rece ing good wages for the product of his skill and toil he isable to pay the farmer a good price for the products of the soil, and thevefore creates a profituble markoet for what the farmer has to sell. But does the furmer want to pay good wages and high prices for the product; of factory and mill? Do not the thivd y independents insist that the Amer- armer shall not be hampered in his desire to sell in the dearest market and buy in the cheapest—in other words, to get the highest price for the products of his farm with the privilege of importing all the products of the miil and factory from foreign countries where they can be bought cheaper? Is it not also true that when workingmen’s wages ure low by reason of over production oran over crowded labor market the sons and daughters of the” workingman fock to the country and enter into competition with the farmer in tho struggle for sub- sistence A more serious phase is presented by one of our labor reform orguns, the Lu- bor Ware, which in support of Mr. Pow- derly’s appeal for a political union be- tween working men and farmers in the impending national cumpaign declaves: Not as farmers mor us knights, but as men aud loving brothers, we have agread that “an injury to one is the concern of all:" that when we shall have knocked off the in- direct taxes which now oppress us, scotchod every franchise under the sun, stopped the le- gal filchings of mouopoly and taken possession of our estate— the earth—that then a man will receive ail that be earns und no one will suf- fer that another may prosper. neo of past constitute that can as follows: that the|Am the moment, fall This is very sentimental, but it will not stand the crucial test of practical politics. Our breadwinners ave all lov- ing brothers, but they do not all have the same wants and aro not all willing to shure the product of their individuul toil. Thoere is no doubt that the farmer who can see no advantage in a honme market, and does not realize that the marvelous growth of Amervica is chiefly due to the building up of her munufa turing industries, would like to get rid of indirect tuxes aud substitute free teade for our protective policy. But how would the American workingman fare with free trade and the consequent collapse of our industrinl system? hero is no doubt that the repeal of the patent Inws and all franchisos would cheapon certain commodities which are con- sumed or used by the farme: and work- ingman, but even that proposition hus two sides to it. The assumption that the earth belongs to all men in common and should be shared in common by all will not strike the American farmer, either west or east, very favorably. We want the earth, cries the cham- pion of labor reform. We have the earth, responds the furmer, but we do not have any land to give away. Theve are thousands of farmurs who profess to bolieve in the doctrines of Honry George and Edward Bollamy, but if anybody proposes to organize a new party, pledged to the abolition of lund ownership or the division of all lands amony the fnhabitants of the country, the farmers will ask to be counted oul The interests of the farmor and labo: diverge in many other respects. Th workingman demands shorter workiny hours and better The farmer works from to sixteen hours i duv and has 0o symputhy for the eight wages. twelve | the farm ;. OMAHA DAILY B hour movement or i raise of wages on he workingman wants the dollar he earns ta have as large a pue- ehasing power us while the lenders of the fint and free silvers move ment ave t currency nnd thereby hope to increase the price of the commodities which the working- from the farmer. intorests, possible, ng to debase our man is obliged to buy Joty such conflicting harmonious political union is out of the question, even if it possible to bring about the veforms and remedy the grisvances of the two clusses of wealth s by any concelvable political ren wore produc \goney. —_——— BUTTERINE DISPATUHES. The fabrication of imuginary patches and butterine telegrams gotten up out of clippings and news letters is kept up by the Om tha Fuke Factory at its old stund. A fair sample of its en- terprise was oxhibited in § tion of the morning Fuke in i dispatehes concerning the forthcoming decision of the Unitea States supreme court on the Boyd-Thayer appeal. The first edition of Tr Brwk, which 2oos by spocial train and conneets with the Burlington fiyer, contained o comprehensive epitome of the text of the pending sion, which was transmitied for its oxglusive use from the national eapital. The early edition of the [ f. (otherwise known as the World-Heyald), which goes out to the South Platte country. did not contain one word about the Boyd-Thayer case. The ond edition of the [ [., however, zave great prominsnes to a garbled and bungling report of the Boyd-Thayer de- cision purporting to come from Wash- ington by way of New York. To cap the climax, this butterine dispatch was supplemented by a telegram concocted in the fuke factory and dated from Lin- coln. That bogus telegram reads s follows: Lixcory, Neb,, Jan, 1. —Republicaus wera paralyzed when told of the news from the su- preme court. Many professed not to believe it, but 1t was clear that hope was father to the unbelief. Mr. Thayer could not be seen, owing to tho lateuess of the hour. Awmong appointive state house oficials the con- sternation was widespread and some began making nstant prepavations to depart from the cavitol. The wires wera kept hot between here and Washington trying to get some defimto in- formation on the subject, but no satisfaction was recrived. An employe of the auditor's offieo received the following from a relative in Washington: *Itis the general belief that that will be the decision,” wheraupor the employe remarked: “Now, doesn’t that beat h—11" This is a dend give-away. Nobody in Lincoln had heard a word of the Boyd- Thayer decision until 5:20 a. m. tur- day, after THE Bk containing this im portant and startling piece of news had reached the eapital. Nobody in Lincoln was paralyzad, and nobody in the audi- tor’s office had veceived any intimation about the decision. Movaover,Governor Th r could not be seen at Lincoln, be- causo he spent Now Yew’s day at Omuha. P. S.—Saturday evening’s telegraph page of the I. f. was n rveproduction, al- most verbatim, of all special dispatches printed in Tie BEE of Saturd morn- ing about the gubernatorial matter, The only reliable information the f. f. did have on this subject up to Saturday morning was gleaned from the eacly Saturday edition of Trng Bri, which still holds its place at the front as a nows gatherer and ranks with the groat New York and Chicago dailies in its ex- tensive sp aphic service, dis- dee OUR INTELLECTUAL » Our English cousins from Charles Dickens to Sir Edwin A nold are quite sure that thore is nothing distinctively great ahout Amerlean literatuve, They concede us the genius of invention and admire our remarkable energy, but in- sist that because of these our literary efforts are not equal to those of the authors of the old world who are never ina hurry and do no wprk under pros- sure. Prol. Bryce, in **Social Institu- tions of America.” a very clever review of his observations on this side the ocean, is of the opinion that the m American is not properly applied to our litorature, because we speak the Bnglish language and are given to buying and reading nglish books. This eriticism ie not aimed so much at individual Americans or the comparative youth of our nation, but is genervally intended to prove that our democratic institutions and form of government are not con- ducive to the development of that style of intellect which produces poetry, fiction and history whicn shall outlive conturie: Wo e bacome quite indifferent to these opinions of our neighbors. When Dickens satirized everything but Boston we were righteously indignunt, but we forgave him because he could not place himself in sympathy with our iustita- tions. We have genorally treated all succoeding geaerations of English literary critics with even greater kind- ness andof late years to bo caricatured by British writers has caused us more amusement than ieritation, The fact is that we can afford to bo indifferent to this superficial judgment of our nelghbors As time goos on our weiters will bo more and more appre- ciated. 1zl 1 her Robinson Crusoe read by all peoples, nnd Americn plenses the same peoples with **Last of the Mohicans,” “Uncle Tom’s Cuabin” and “Ben Hur.” These are three dis tinetive types of fiction which the world’s liternture has not surpassed. Don Quixote and Hocoaccio are no greator than these three and Les Miserables will live no longer. We had no Dickens, but our Washington Ieving’s stories will be read by our grandehildren with fully #s much tnterst as the voluminous works of the greatest of Euglish story tellers. Theve is no merrier soul in any litera- ture than Oliver Wendell Holmes and no deeper essuyist than our own Emer- son. Longlellow and Whittier will be the poets of the people us long as Tonny James [Russell Lowell 15 entitled to a place in any library. thaniel Hawthorne is as graceful o writer s er penned & rom neroft and Prescott, will be read with just 08 much interest in the tume, Willinm Cullen Bryant's genivs will shine as lungungo sists. Mark Twain is He TATL S00. ce, Our historians, luture as long us our inimitable as a lnugh makor. cun make an Englishman smile when Bugler's Hudibras is power- less. Bayard Taylor ranks with the grontost of tthvelers as woll as story tellers. Agda¥iz nchieved his marked succass in America. Audubon most wus and is the Hest of ornithologists and | Asa Gray led thio world of hotanical re- | Winchell are not they have enrved rocks of the diy Dana fand equal to Dar#in, but their names on, the enduring every age fromo the eozoic to of judgment. Henry Ward Beecher, Channing and Simpson were as charm- ing pulpit orators ns Spurgeon. Noah Webster is the greatest lexicogrupher of the English spenking world and Joseph Emerson Worcester stands next. Justice Story and Chancellor Kent are accepted as authority upon lnglish as well as American law. The fact is, without particularizing furtbor, that America, young as she is, has made her mark in poetry, avt, fie- tion, history, travel, science, theology, law and medicine, as well as commerce, oratory, statesmanship, war, invention, and the devolopment of a wildornes The American who blushes because wo have produced no great men is simply ignorant of the literature and history of his country, Wesay these things not bonstfully, not offensively, not in anger, but in pride and because our foreign visitors, especiglly from Great Britain, foree their ervors of judg- ment and their misstatements of fact. FOREST PROTECTIO The American Forestry association, which held its tenth annual session in Washington the past week, will cause to be presented to congress a bill providing for licenses to cut timber under regula- tions adapted to the necessities of the locality and for protection of the forests on the public domiin against five and theft. The association was addressed by the secretary of tho interior, who assured it of his full sympathy with tho purpose to preserve the timbered lands and give to them proper care and pro- tection frd spoliation at the hands of greedy and unserupulous people. He pledged himself to co-operate in all ways to protect the forestry resouvces of the country, and spoke of the trouble that had been experienced in putting a check to the indiscriminate destruction of all fovests, both by unscrupulous meén at home and the invasion of men from abroad. Referving in his annual report to this important subjact, Secretary Noble said that the safety of the public timber was greutly impaired by a provision of the act to repeal timber-culture laws, which malkes it lawful, subject to the rules of the Interior department, to cut public timber in o niimber of the states and tervitories for agricultural, minin manufacturing or domestic purposes, whieh, as the ‘Secretary vemarks, om- braces all the puvposes for which any one could cut timber unless it were in mere wantonness. The law thus gives every license for feiling the fovests, and this in states not very abundantly sup- plied with timber at best, so that with the increased vatue of forest prolucts it will take but a’'small percentage of their. population to exhaust every possible claim. The secretary of the interior is authorized to muako restraining regulu- tions, but it'is wisely suggested by the present seeretary that it would be better that the statute should be so made us itself o prevent this result than that so important a matter should be ieft to the of tho intarior. This office changes with each administeatioy, and 50 long us thero is anything to give, Secretury Noble, he will find it difficult to refuse to some that which hos already been granted to others The statute authorizing thy president to set apart and reserve, from time 1o time, in any state or territory having public land bearing forosts, any part of such lands as public reservations, under which last yeara reserve was established ubout the Yeilowstone Na- tional Park aod another in the White river plateau in Colorado, affords a method of postponing the worst results of forest demolition, but spmething more is needed, and the secretary of the in- terior and the Forestry association have pointed out what this is. [n the opinion of the former the laws shoula authorize details from the army, in the discretion of the president, to guard the reserves, wade from early spring to lute antumn, or the employment by the I[nterior de- partment of u police force undera super- intendent, and there should be penalties agninst the violation of any of the rules and regulutions made to govern the re serve, to be enforced in any court of compatent jurisdiction. In view of the fact that this matter of forest protec- tion, the importance of which cannot be overestimated, has been urged upon congress at every session for many years, itis most remarkable that there should stiil be a demand for legislation that is obvionsly necessary. senrch, us tocorre A FREE PASS DECISION Some tine ago complainy was made to the Interstate Commerce commission ngainst the Boston & Maine Railrond company, chavgtug thut corporation with giving fr trisportation in violation of the interstyto col net. A very strong case was presented, and the com- plaint was fuily”justified by the answer of the company.l This showed that it has been giving: free transporiation to 10 less than ten ¢lasses of persons, among whom weve included the higher officers of state in Mainé, New Hampshive, Ver- wont und Mussachusetts, and certain prominent offlegrs of the 1Tnited States, like collectors 8f customs, the members of the railroat Bommittee for the time being of the legislatures of Maine, New Hampishire, Vegmont und Mussachusetts; and “persons whose good will is import- ant to the corporation,” which would embrace all legislators willing to sell their influence and votes for freo passes. It was thus made ovident that the rail roud company was acting in utter and flagrant disregard of the second section f the interstate commerco law, In consteuing this section the com- mission hald that whers the service of the enrrier subject to the Slike and contemporancous” for different pus- ore net s the charge to one of o greate than to unother constitutes unjust disceimination and is wfectald by the sengers or less compensition unluwful, und this is not fanei thit such unequul oflicinl, socral or business po tinng, or bolong Lo different clusses us ! compantes the pight to passes to state officinls, members of leg- | States | | fail of an earnest and enthusinstic recep- most | movement muriis they ordinarily exist in a cpmmunity or are nrbitrarily ereated by the carrior This decision clearly denies to railroad islatures, officers of the United overnment, and *‘persons whoso good will is important to the corporation,” and its enforcemont will do away with a large share of tho free transportation thut is now ulmost as extensive and gen- nlas bafore the interstate commores act went into effect Of course the decision does not affect the giving of free transportation within astato. That is a mattor which must bo dealt with by stato legisiation, and it is one regarding which public sentiment needs to be thoroughly aroused and educated. But, nevertheless, the do- cision will go far toward correcti evils connected with the fres tem, and it ought to hava an influence favorable to state logislation against the system. Tho Boston & Maine Railroad company is not the only corporation thut has been violating the law in this par- ticular and profiting by the unlawful practice. The wrong is general, and so long as it is permitted to continue it will embarrass efforts for railroad regulation. The Iuterstate Commerce commission has given a clear construction of the federal act in relation to this subject, and if thoe states will act in the matter as sound policy dictates the free pass ovil can be reduced to a minimum, if not wholly destroyed. g the Phss sys- A WORLD'S LR SUGUESTION. The Nebraska World’s faiv commis- sioners have a great work before them and can accomplish a vast amount of good for the state if they perform their duties with energy and intelligence. There must be nopolitics either in their deiiberations or their methods of pre- paring for the groat occasion. The first and foremost idea should be to make the best possible oxposition of Nebraska's resources and products with the money available, and tosecure as much financial assistance as possible in addition to the present approprintion. The duties of the hoard are simple enough, and it should not take much time or much money to elaborate a plan of campaign which shall make the Nebraska exhibit memorable for its completeness and at- tractiveness. The commissioners having voted to expend $15,000 for a building, ana hav- ing already used the $5,000 allotted to them for the year 1891, have left $30,000 of last winter’s appropriation for the good of the cause. Certain specified portions of this suin should be set aside for the use of the county officers und local associations which must depend upon private subscriptions mainly for their contribution to the state exhibit. Such organizations as the State Agri- cultural association, State Horticultural society, State Dairymen’s association and State Teachers association, with funds of their own, ought not to expect any portion of this small sum to aid them in their efforts. The ruling of the national board of control, which pro- poses that the nxhibits of these organi- zations shall be located buildings pro- vided for that class of displays, will hinder the state from massing its pro- ducts under one roof. The more necessity exists, thevefove, for using the public money exclusivel for the state buildiug, leaving the class exhibits to their proper societics to be prepared under the advice and in a measure undor the supervision of the state commissioners, but in large messure independent of the state ox hibit. In this way each representative organization intevested can solicit and secure a goodly sum, in addition to what may be spared from its own treasury. trom its public-spivited members and their friends and thus the aggregete for the state be made to reach proportions which shall enable Netraska to be creditably represented in all the depart- ments of the exposition as well as in the independent building, THE NEW EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT. A conference that ought to have intor- est for all persons in sympathy with educational progress was held in Phil- adelphia during the past week. It was the first annual meeting of porsons in- terested in the cause of wniversity ex tension, and there were present well known educators from nearly all parts of the country, not a few of them belng men of the highest aistinetion in their profession. It is only necessary to men- tion sueh names as that of De. Poppor, vrovost of the University of Pennsyl- vania, Dr. MacAllister, president of Drexel institute, Bishop Vincent, chun- cellor of the Chautauqua system, and Hon, William I, JInveis, United States commissioner of education. in ovder to show the high character of the confer- enceo and the kind of men who ave lead- ing the new educational movement. University extension oviginated in Kng- land, aud the most important addvess delivered at the conference was by Prof. Sadler of Oxford. This distinguished educutor said of the work that it recon- ciles culture and labor, The very polit- ical futuve, he observed, makes work of this kind important. *Whuat can be more important than that men of all clusses and stations, with their ried experionces, should meet together in the uniyersity extension class and frankly explain to one another their re- spective views?” The best wuy of ob- taining true equality, sald i*rof. Sadler, is to give the best peopla in every rank of a nation every educational advamtage. The progress which this movemont is making furnishes gratifying evidence of the earnest und zealous intevest that is taken in the educational advancement of the people, and contains the promise of most benelicent results. Thoere are problems of move or less difficulty con- neeted with the work that are yet to be solved, and move ure likely to arise as the movement grows, but it isnot to bo doubted thut all of them will recoive a proper solution and that university extension will ba found practicablo everywheve—in the cities and towns of the west as well as in those of the The American University Extension society, nnder whose auspices the Phi held, hai entared upon this works with a termination to achieve suces wnd its afforts o of ing larger sast wlolphia conforence was de- rosults of this fu the eneauye ahnractor, t'ho the hewrty support of the hearty support o | educators in the west, wheve the oppor- interstato | vance popul the | all friends of education, and none should bo more reudy to promote the work than tunity for conforring its benofits is so great.. It is advancing in this direction, howoever, and when it comes it will nof tion, The people of the west ave not bohind those of any other part of the country in devotion to whatever will ad- r enlightenment, Tue organization of the Cni net having been completed, it is renson able to expect an oarly cfficial an- nouncement of the position of the new government regarding the difficully with the United State If the is a sincere desire to reach a just settlement of the issue little trouble will bo found in doing so, but the indications arve that our government will not be disposed to permit the, controversy as to terms to drag on interminably. A withdeawal of the impertinent note of Senor Matta would be a good thing for the new gov- ernment to do us a beginning, though, of course, it has no responsibility for that enunciation.: As to arbiteation, it would be a singulur proposition to come from Chili after hor rofusitl to agree to the policy in the pan-American confor- enco, but, in view of the position then taken by the United States arbitration, iv 18 not easy to soe how this government could justify the provosition to arbiteate if Chili should garding rejecting Tue veport that President Dinz the revolutionary le¢ L oW making bandit raids on the Mexican border, for the renson that the president is not popular with the masses of the Mexiean people, is not entitled tg cr dence. It is true that Dinz maintains a strong government, as must he done to maintain any government in Mexico,but he has been three times chosen to the presidency with practically no onposi- tion, and the more inteiligent portion of the people at least justly vogard him as the most enlightened and progressive executive the republic hus ever had. He has amply attested his patriotism and | statesmanship, and at the same time he has shown a character for great and firmness. The country will doubt- less give him all the support he voquires, and there 1s small probability of the Garza revolution attaining very serious proportions, T Banana Belt, which is one of the wildest fretks of the imacination of a gifted but retired railvoad advertising romancist, has just emerged from its snowbanks. Our great central region, which takes its weather as it comes without grumbling, has been *enjoying the most delightful winter possible. 'T'he people of the Banana Belt must harp upon something more tangible than climate or they will slip up on their own banana peels, T prevailing impression at the na- tional capital, among parties who are usually well informed, is that the rumor concerning the agreement of n majority of the Uunited States supreme court on the Nebraska ibe natorvial contest is well founded. Wo do not deem it proper, however, to comment upon the pending decision before a formal an- nouncemont has been made by the court. Will Ho Tan 112 Chicago News. necs himselt as being in Montt's pre- Mr. Blaine fuvor of free terred. annoy ides—President - Blaine's Strengih, Kansas City Star, Tt is not suflicient that Mr. Bluine shall be “strorg enough to go through a presidentinl term.”" The question is. is he strong enough to be clected to a prestdential term? Asi R Philadeiphia Ledger, Gurzn, the revolutionary gnat who is an- noying Mexico and poople on the American frontier, is not an entirely worthless person. President Diaz hus offered §,000 for him, living or dead. et Manifest Destiny., Globe-Demnerat. Manifost dostiny has, us [lenry Lubouchere | says, decreec thut Oanada shall before many HOTe years huss “hecome i new member of the United Stutes,” but v should be distinetly nnderstood thit the biz end of this combini- ton is not prompting or hurrying desting in this business. —— Shocking the Suints, St Pant Pioncer-Press. Rev. Lyman Abbott told his hearers in Now York lust Sunday that the bible wisa work of evolution, that It had 10ts of mistakes in it that a man mizht keep all the ten command- wents and not be fit to cireulate In decont soclety, that it was a vile sin to sham belief in that tn which we had no faith, and o whole lof of other things whicn wouid have no tendency to comfort or edify the saints, it any of the lnd been In his doxology works while he wis making the ratters ring T ‘it Subject for Pu New Yorl Herald It was generally thought that Communder MeCallw's full seutence was lusuficlont for the offonse for whieh he was convieted. The harm he dld was uot chiefly t6 his vietin, but to tho navy. The wholo penalty ho has paid Is tho loss of nine numbors on the navy list. As this will retard his promotion to captain probably two ye will doubitloss s00n bo found seoki Lof from congress. 1t 15 roully a plty thit he evor wis tried at all. Sucha teavesty of Justico as th of an orizinally tence does more harni thin sulted from no trinl at il . R BLASTS FROM RANS HORN. Not a tou, ntation Tnadequinte would have r n is i hard thing to koeep. purt s bluek as it s in u horso A little rell A lie In the trade, To love an caemy 1s the only of destroylng him. When you go to enurch to help the don't weir squeaky shoes, Long prayers 1o church heaven seem u long wiy off., Before the devil can make people quarrel- sonie, ho has to st ninke thom unhappy. There Is a good doal of praying for mis- slons that NOYOr puts uny money In the bus- possiblo way Lord, orally miko forco | from knowing that wo dro right. HOvOr brave It s doubt ful whether the I er made a niun who could be a churen sexton and pleaso tho wholo congrogition Tho roligion that proposes to soll oyster 0Up by the disi whonever the ehureh wants money is not the Kind that the devil Is afrald o The congrogation that will pay its pastor i them the trath about them would bo witched with o est by the anrels The devil never puts n steaw in the way of e man who proaches agalnsi the sine of jIe 1 e next county. but how o dons Domihard the wan who draws o boad on sin HOFS 10 1S 0N con 1o £ 1t ion NEW VEAR VOICES, Washington Start 16 s n that o man cannot make a v ple Rogues are “is one it great doal of int MERRY geometrical faot square moal off Chieago Teibune: “If you think you'rogoing to have the grip, M Me. Billus peevish y. "L ive it Ay doe tor wi stant droad of any d sease i3 1Koly to muke vou it ot always, John," ropliod Mrs. ght [ive for sixty years in froad 0w bralin disonse ind you'd never g John." Billus Kato Field's Washingion haven't the ensh this worning. g, ote for thirty dugs Virringer—1 protest, Bromiey—Don't! The notary will do that, Bromloy 1 Vil glve you THE OLD, OLD STOIY Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly. With hands <o soft the ivories she Fingers in time to her lonoly song, Wondering where hor liego can b Oh! Why does my darling toil so lonz With “hands so tough the ivories o Chips up as over bis luck zoes wrong, sseeond-sieht™ wis hers thare'd he Waiting for him a livelier song nother Indianapolls Journal: “You are poor victim of “efrcumstances. I pr sild the cnaritable nousekeepc No't plivd Mr. Hungry Higgins, proudly, *1ain‘t’ Puraseif-mude ninn, 1 am, even 1f 1 ain't much of u job." Binzhamton Leader: timanity appoars o o very unequally divided between those who can't stand prosperity and those who ean't get wny o stund Boston Courler; Even Washington's graco ful carriage did Ak a8 lasting fnipres .00 01 history us th e took av his éather's cherry tree. Browning, King & visibly ated)—1t Co’s Monthly: Ned 1y now, Miss Daisy, | don’t know whit I have done 1o merlt your displensu tyou please tell . fellow Whit's gone wrong? Miss Duisy—~Why, T heard you “Comrades 1 canio throuth the gate Just now. Don't you know that we eame to Floridi to oscaps that particulur tune? whistling There is alwa offered to'the Plttsburg | welcome re be tmbrella. hand of stran o Waslington Star: A resolution of aconony 1s one of the most natural New Yeur s 0f the Christi Boston Post: Tho snare of a drum is not dangerous. Tt 1s the suare of tho wily drun wmer that you want to 0ok out for. Tndianapolls Journ am afraid Goorge is tirmg of me. *Why, dear?’ il Nias beer telling mu that T i too good 4 woman 0 bo the wife of such i man as ho is Wiashington Star: 1t was fn the hall whero ancestral pictures w Vho are these © friend, Jh," was the reply, “they are chestumis from tny family tree.'” aid the college ‘ottedgze—Oh, o1 with Puck: Miss Lovi an so much | Christmas gift! s Madison Squeor—I an very slad you lkod i1, (Thinkinz of his rival) Er-r-r, did you get anything fr hippen Clarke? No: Itold him that ho bud the monoey. Mr. Squuer beautitul St Joseph Nows: **[alk fs vory choap,” su/d Patehem, rofleptively. “I don’t th ok S0, said Patsy, the tramp, me a little talk once and it cost me $10. New York Herald: Trotter—1 hear thut Miss Shear's father didn’t wpprove of your suit Barlow-—N: ned er tical. Mudd his money now. Kochester Post: Bleeks—Well, old man, aro you goins to s weur off this New Year's? Noi 1'm going to leave off. T whitt? g ol (They smile The dendly purallc s he glunced at e pthes. Washington Stur; agnin.” sald the conviet teipe s on his new suit of ¢ e Vessels Still Awaiting Orders, SAN Die Cal,, Jan, 2,—The cruiser San Krancisco and Charleston are both in the harbor hiere. Captain Remy of the Charles ton said ho kuows nothing of the Chilian situation. Ho was ordered to come hero to : ammunition and_supplies from tho ancisco and await forther orders. “Tho cruiser Balumore is expected here Mou- day. —-— Iron Workers Strike, Jorter, 1L, Jan, 2. —A strike was inaugur- ated in the blast furuace No. 2 at the rolling mills yesterday afternoon, throwing out 2\ men, This is the only furnace that has ro cently beer 1n operation hers, The dificulty arose over a matter of wages and the allow ing of more helpers. - Indian Kills Hix Wife's § BrowysviiLe, Mino., Jau, 2,—Half Cat, an Indian on the Sisseston reservation, w: o found in & compromising condition with tl¢ wife of Red Bird, who killed bim. e MY PHILOSOPHY, wcer. James Whitcomb Riley, Iajn't ner don't p'iend to b, Much posted on philosofy; But thero §s tmes. when il nlone, 1 work out 1deos of my own. And of theso sume thire is i fow P ke L0 Jost refor to you-— Pervidin® that you don't object To listen elos't und rickollvet. y thut a mun i 5 ubout the bost he can, Is plenty good enouszh tosult nunduane institute— { his duily wall L fer his neighbor's ti And critic-minds of ev'ry wh m Jest ull git up and go fer him! I lnowed a teller one't thut hud The yaler jandens mighty bad, » And each und ov'ry friend he'd meet Would stop und give him some rocect Ler cuorin’ ot ot Buk he'd sy flo kind o thought thoy'd go Without no medl e, and bonst Thiut be'd git well without one doste, 1o kep' u yallorin' on—nud they Perdictin’ thut he'd dig some (i HBefore he knowed 1t! Tuelk his Dud, did ant loxt kis hend, a spell— well; o'l dio Went buok on him etorniliy. 1t's natelurid enouzh, I guess, When sumo gits mors and somo gits less, For thew 'uns oo the siimmest side To elubin 16 aln't w fair divid And I've knowed some to lay and walit, And git up soon and set np lute, To ketoh some felier they could Lato Fer goln' st i fastor guit. Tho el ns Is bad whon folks com Afipdin’ fuuit with Provideno And balkin''cause the world don't shako At ev'ry pranc step they take, No i 18 grout il he oun seo How Nss thun little he would be Erstripped to solf, and stark nod bure Ho bung bis sign out any where, henco doctern I3 to lny wside Contecsious, and be satisfiod; Jent do your best, and praise er blane ket “There Is somothing weong fn the prenc that drives children wway from the chure The ouly rewl conrage is thut which comes Thut foilers thit, counts Jost the same. I've ulius noticed grito siicooss 5 mixed with troubles, more or loss, And 1t's the mun who does the best Thist gits more kioks than all the rest Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Rl Powder | ABSOLUTELY PURE