Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY BE®: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1894 OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. ll(l’ili-‘:\\',\Tl l: 3 PUBLISHED BEVERY M'\;?;IN‘D TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bes (Without Sunday), One Year Dally Bee and Sunday, One Year. v Bix Months . Three Months. e Bunday e, Ono Year. Baturday Tee, One Year. Weokly e, One Y 1CES, Omaha, The Bee Bullding. uth Omaha, Corner N and Tienty-fourth Sts, il Bluffs, 12 Pearl stroet 0 Office, 317 Chamber of ork, Rooms Washingto CORRE: All_communications relating (o news an torial matter should be addressed: To the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS ANl business lettors and r addressed to The Jee Publishing Omaha, - Drafts, checks and postoflic be made pavablé to the order of the company. S PUBLISHING COMPANY. @ be oF George B, Tzachuck, secre Ashing comps g sworn, says that the netual number of full and complete copies of the Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday I printed during the month of October, 18, was 1 bid 18 19 2. L CIRCULATION. ry of The Bee Pub- coples Total sold i s Daily average net circulation I Sworn to before me and subs his 34 day o cal.) The living pictures are fighting back Just to show the crusaders that they are alive. It may yet come to a receivership for the receivers of the defunct Order of the Tron Hall. Congress is compelled by the cons tion to meet tomorrow. it could help it. itu- It wouldn't if It is to e hoped that the free silyer delegates to the Transmississippi con- gress at 8t. Louis feel better now. It is quite possible that some people may read all of the reports of the dif- erent executive departments of the gov- ernment, Why not abolish rules dgainst brutal- ity in foot ball games? Dead letter rules do not seem to have any very ma- terial effect on the play. Tom Reed is not the man to shirk the responsibilities which victory brings. He will cheerfully accept all the victor- fes within reach on those terms. That up-to-dafe farce, “Cff the Face of the Earth” is belng enacted with wonderful selemnity in that section of Tacoma which is disappearing into the water on the installment plan, The Sugar trust seems to have come to the conclusion that it is cheaper to close down temporarily than to put up for another campaign in so high-priced a field as the United States senate. Kind, Isn't it, in the various members of the cabinet to give the public their annual reports in advance of the re- opening of congress in order that the president may have a clear field for his own little essay. Tom Reed will be on hand without fail to remind Speaker Crisp of the exquisite pleasure in store for him as soon as the man from Maine and the man from rgin shall once more have exchanged places. Senator Hill will be on hand at the reconvening of congress, and he won't be worried over deciding the question whether it is necessary for him to hold the two offices of senator and governor at the same time. Chicago will have her municipal elec- tion in the spring, when the irrepressi- ble Frank Lawler will be expected to reappear in quest of some new office to which e has not yet aspired either by petition or at the polls. There are a few eminent Nebraska republicans who don't have to announce their candidacy for the United States senatorship to be filled at the coming session of the legislatu Actions often speak louder than words. The people of Washington will be al- most alone in welcoming the reappear- ance of congress. A congressional s slon means life in Washington society and money in Washington business. M wonder all Washington is glad when it comes. New York City has no representation of her own in the United States senate. Why, then, should Chicago have a United States senator? Is it not just as well to let other places furnish the senators and then capture them after they have been elected ? Governor Flower has quite naturally refused to honor requisition papers from Texas for the arrest of the officers of the Standard Oil company. If the Texas authorities expected any Qiff ent action they must have been in deuse ignorance as to the sssociations of Mr, Flow The best citizenship of Omaha must give the Douglas county legislative dele- gation to understand just what is wanted and not wanted in the way of charter amendments, Our representa- tives will be pulled and hauled by inter- ested parties and led into ervor if they are not instructed by the people who elected them to office. There are lawyers in this judicial district who receive rebates on all legal notices published on bebalf of their clients. These rebates are offered by publishers of readerless papers who can get business in no other way. Such rve- bates are reprehensible and should be prohibited, but if paid should go to liti- gants and not to lawyers orders to | | antumn | 8oy | the men | their homes o Tive through the winter | to | bette DBRING THE SETTLERS BACK. The conference of representatives of the various commercinl bodies of Texas and of the officials of raflroads having counections in that state, cently held in St. Louis, to dev meas: ures by which fmmigrants could be drawn toward Texas during the coming yoar, is a forcible reminder that Ne- braska cannot afford to remain passive re- | toward the people who will be seeking new homes during the year plan of the Texas conference I8 to or ganize o strong immigration bureau and to with the co-operation of the raflronds for the purpose of increasing 1805. The work | the state’s population and upbuilding its industries In every possible material and in need of such a movement, but Nebraska would bene-, fit in no lesser ( of a similar policy. There are two lines people of Nebr n operate. It is notorious that we have lost during the wonths several thousand set tlers from the dronth-ridden reg The estimate of the most caveful ol 8 is that 000 people, including nd children, have lert long which the wonen in more communities, Not all of these ave ountside the state, nor do all of those outside the state intend remain away permanently. The . however, doubtless mauy who are undecided whether they should go back or should seek new homes in places that prosperous | offer the most flattering prospects. Now it fs s1C region. improbable that we are to ve drouths annually in the same Much of the abandoned land is than that open to settlers in any te, aud if the proper effort made will be again taken up by owners next spring. In addition o per- sunding the cmigrant drouth suffercrs to return much can be accomplished with new fmmigration. In this latter field the railvond, if favorably dis posed, can be of no inconsiderable sery Some organ and money to Nebraska most urgent, and now is none too e for our business men and commerc bodies to consider the question ously. other s is d effort to attract men next year s FOREIGN MARK, D PARME In his annual report the secretary agriculture very properly gives first consideration to the f zn pnrkets for American farm products, his treat went of the subjeet showing that he has given to it careful and thoughtful atten- tion. "As he there is nothing of greater or more vital importance to the armers of the United States than the widening of the markets for their pro ducts. Our principal foreign market for beef is Great Britain, and it is the opinion of the secretary that ther danger of this market being restricted by legislation. A great deal of can beef is sold there as home v bringing the same prices as the Dest English and Scoteh meats, and it is be- lieved that any law which might be enacted would fail to repress the gfile | of American meat in-English markets. Legislation might curtail the profits of butchers, but selling imported beef at a lower price than the home raised would tend to inerease the consumption of the former and thus to make more demand for the American product. ain s also a most important warket for our hog products, large quantities of which are sent from thel to the continent. Our ports of dair products to that country also constitute a considerable item our foreign trade, But it is in regard to the foreign mar- kets for brendstuffs that the farmers of the United States are most concerned, for it is in this direction they are en- countering a competition that prom to steadily grow, and which, having al- ready depressed prices, is likely to still further do so If Ameriean farmers keep production up to the average prior to the development of the competition. It appears from the report of the secre- tary of agriculture that during the first nine months of the current year the Untted tates did not maintain its position as a wheat seller in England, owing to the fact that there was imported into the United Kingdom from other countries than this in that period 9,000,000 bushels wmore wheat than for the corresponding time in the previous year. Russia, the Ar- gentine Republic and Australasia were the countries that supplied the in- crensed shipments into England, and these ave the countries, more especially the last two, from which our wheat pro- Aucers have to fear the most damaging competition in the future. The develop- ment of wheat production in Argentina within the past few years has been very marked, and as the cost of lands and of farming in that country is considerably than here the wheat growers of gentina can profitably sell their pro- duet at a less price than Americ farmers. The same is true of Austral- asin and of Russia, the secreta agriculture remarking as to the country that its eapabilities as a hr producer are beyond computation. Be- sides, these countries have an advantage in the transportation of their whent in from the fields of production to the sea- | board. The obvious fact is that competition in wh in the European and all other foreign kets is counstantly ing and intensifying, the question to the farmers of Americs as to what course they shall pursue re garding this cereal. In the last report of the late Secretary Rusk he urged upon our farmers that the only way by which they could make wheat growing profitable was to curtafl production, The present secret evident inclines to the same view. He says that wheat will not hereafter be our staple cereal product, and that corn is constantly advancing in impor- tance because of an ever-growing de- mand for that cereal which is evolved from the various new uses to which it is belng constantly appropriated. He also suggests that there are many sub- sidiary crops to which the American farmer may profitably turn his atten- tion, These facts and suggestions should claim the most careful consideration of the intelligent agriculturists of the inerens. and this suggests United State Subjected to a competl- tlon in foreign markets for thelr staplp ee from the success | have | Ameri- | fsed, | cereal which makes its production un- profitable, the are but . two remedies, a curtailment of pro- duction and the Dbuilding up of the home market. The latter Is a matter of years, while the other remedy [ can be applied at once. Experience has shown, however, that it is an almost hopeless tasgk to convince the Ameriean wheat grower *© that his onl course, to quote the late Secretary Rus lies In a reduction of acreage and production to meet the demand of | domestic consumption and a normal v quirement for exportation,” that hope of remuncrative prices “depends upon hisgauging his arveas in cultiva- tion more closely to the normal demand, [and not vieing in competition with the | peasant and serf labor of the entire world,” and that “something else s | wanted besides wheat and corn, or cot | ton and tobaceo.” Having long followed A cortain policy and gotten into a rut, the farmers of the United States, but Jittle less counservative than those of other countries, ave extremely reluctant to change from their established course. A LESSON FOR BANKERS. | One remarkable which bhanks ported having suffered from def embezzlement of trusted employes during the past two ‘weeks, and which cannot but invite eriticism as well as atteact notice, Is that in several instances the bank officials have with Beld from the public as long as they could with safety all knowledge of the wrong-doing. In the case of the Chemi- 1 National bank of New York the dis closure was delayed several months, but in the case of the Shoe and Leather bank of the same city a statement w given to the public only after the whole question hiad been cavefully considered for about two weeks by the board of | divectors, In the last case just ve od [to the public was perhaps made I nizant of the condition of the bank as | enrly s it was reasonably safe to do so, Ibut how many banks have suffered [ losses of maode amount from time losses SOV have re leation or “lto time that have intentfonally and de- | tiberately kept their depositors and cred- itors in ignorance it? It is indeed safe to say that banks almest without excoption take every precaution to cover fup all minor acts of either dishonest) or neglect mong their employ and often prefer to suffer financially rather than to let the public have the faintest picion that there has been anything aimiss, Credit, we all know, and unsubstanti v ers will doubtle depositors and Sus very delicate Many bank- ss maintain that if their creftors were told of evory mishap and that occurred within o bank's counters they would in their ignorance of financial methods be kept in a state of constant fear, if I not on the verge of panic. Runs have dipitated by false rumor: of this characte W . then, would be expeeted if similar stories were regu- Jarly civeulated from bank headquarters [ themselves? The snee of a banking institution may at times le as muoch in the sense of security prevailing among depositors as m-the size of the re Ou the other hand, we know that much of the greater confidence reposed in this country in national banks is due to the publicity that is rvequired of them in perfodical statements of their financial condition. We have, too, the example of the Shoe and Leather bauk, which, Ithough boldly anunouncing that it had been defrauded of $354,000 and that the stockholde would make good the amount, has gone the even tenor of its way. We are fiemly of the opinion thatr the course which the office of that bank have pursued has in reality added to the confidence in which its creditors hold it and that its reputation as a safe and sound institution is actually the gainer. The lesson loss | often been y should not go altogether unheeded by bankers throughout the count There is really nothing to be Tost by sound banks through publicity. Concealing the real condition of a bank is running a double risk so soon as the deception is found out. In other words, honesty with bank creditors is the best policy. TAKING Tt appears that PRECAUTION the last discovered bank defaleation in New York City has had the effeet to arouse bank officials o the expediency of adonting greater precautions for the pro fon of their institutions against such damaging los A leading financial journal of that city states that there has been a general shifting of clerks in the banks, and reports interview: number of prominent bank off wed on the proposition that frequent and unexneeted shifting of clerks in connection with thoronugh and independ- ent examinations is the best safeguard that can be obtained. It ms that this has been the system always with some of the banks, and such institutions have never had any trouble, which is all the evidence needed that the plan is a good one and therefore ought to be generally adopted. Obviously, the that the employes of a bank know that they v time be shifted with- out notice operates as a check upon ¢ honest schemes and also as an ineentive to do their work in a thoroughly etffi cient and acceptable way. One bank ofticer inter the defense of the examines the whole responsibility for defale: | upon the bank officials. The aminers, he said, and not detectiy it would be impossible for them to go over all the transactions of a bank for a length of time, and if a defy can be concenled from the officers and directors for a series of years it can hardly be expected that a bank exam- iner in the course of an examination made once or twice a ar will unearth it. “The officers and directors of a bank are responsible if anything goes wrong,” sald this official, “and the blame must rest upon them.” If the view expressed regarding bank examiners is correct It Is pertinent to inquire of what use they are. The common impression is, and it 13 founded upon the obvious intent of the law, that the object of bank exam- ipations is to see thut the business of the banks 18 being properly and hon estly conducted, that the law is being complied with, and that the interests nt depositors are not being jeopardizad. At may not be necessary to the full pers [ know thabithe officials {hems his | fact about the heavy | one | formance @rffheir duty that examiners should go_into ev ittle detall of the Dbusiness, bug tg-make their services of the public, In whose in- tevest thep* dre appointed, they spould aint themselves o the the businegsyof a bank that it would be next to |m§,..1<u.1.~ for any wrong trans- action of 'vofsequence to escape their detection. ) Ne fault is to be found with the view thygthe bank officials are to be held responsible lieve the eximiner, whose duty it is to ves, as well as thg-employes, are conducting business“properly and honestly. 1f fail to do this or cannot do it the are useless und bank examinations ave worse than worthless, since they crente a feeling of confidence in the public having dealings with the banks that is | misleading. Bills were introduced at the last s | sion of congress providing for amend- ments to the national bank tended to oW quite gen Is o more v untability for the management of the institutions under their control. Very likely the matter will he consid ered at the coming session and some ac tion taken. There should also be some thing done to improve the system of bank examinations. In the meantime the plan of ng law in eform some of the practives 1 and to hold bank offi o fon by bank ofti cials in other cities where such a plan can be made practicab) THE COLL AGE Au item is to be observed in various journals which devote some attention to eduecational matte 1 Remsen of the Johns Hopkins | university faculty and one of the lead ing spivits in the edueational con at the World's fair has come out for lowering of the standard of qualifie tion for admission to colleges and that Prestdent Gilman of the same institu tion heartily agrees with him in this view. The complaint of Prof. Remsen is that the age of admissfon to leading American colleges is now too high, A student should, according to his idea enter at 16 ) and be_graduated at 20, whereas at present the aver for matriculates is 18 and the of those who receive their bachelor's degree i There is nothing so ve: position eitlier as to the remedy sug- gested or thé “facts upon which it 48 based. It is-not necessary to bring out the figures for particular colleges to establish the dollege age to be between 18 and 22, bechuse nearly every one has wecess to ithe statistics prepared annu- ally by the graduating classes of some such institution. A glance ot these statistics, however, will show that while these ave the lim- its for the-great body of college stu- dents they arg by no means invariable for all. Every graduating class has a small mniflwr of members who conform as rvegards age to the schedule which we are told is so desirable. The student entering college at 16 and graduat- ing - at "¥ed Yis by no cans exceptional. / e is not referred to along with the infant prodigies, but is merely regarded as having made the best use of ordinary brightness and intelligence. Ask one of them how it comes that he i younger than the average of his fellow and he will disclaim any natural supe- viority and insist that the others might have done as well had they applied themselves to their studies as On the other hand, the small number in each cl is far above the average, principally Dbeeause their college education is an afterthoughit, something to which the; have turned after an interval of interruption or after meager suc- cess in some voeation, These stragglers who bring the average age up could not be affected by any change in the requirements for admi sion and must continue to raise the unless they are excluded alto- whose age is really wanted then to read- Just the college age Is a plan that will make the student who now enters at 16 1t 20 typieal. Wil this st seenred by lowering the stand- ard of admission to American colleges? The tendency with us has from the ver first been to raise that standard, and much is now required for entrance to the better colleges as was former] required for graduation from the smaller ones. If this standard should now be lowered it would simply open the way for the well-prepared student to enter at 15 or 14, but would not nar- row the distance between him and the average. It would also mark a deteri- oration of the college education. Ior this the American public is hardly pre- pared. No backward step will be tolerated. But anything that will force the col- lege student to apply himself more earn- estly to his work will be enthusiast ally welcomed. There is but one way to acquire fih @ducation before reaching a preseribed age, and that is to fritter away noné df the valuable and limited time at yoii Wisposal. e AIPNTO HOME BUILDING, Tvery meams designed to encourage and fostet hoe building deserves popu lar suppoty. Home ownership typifies theift and independence, permanency and contepty "Be it cottage or castle, it alizes, patriotism and inspives an active, zdAlous interest in all that con- cerns the*isfrare of the community. Home Duilding and home ownership are the chib iims of building and loan associatidf: A 4n nearly all industrial and economi¢ movements of the day, associations in the several states have organized state leagues, not for the pur- pose of monopolizing the business of financial co-operation, but vather to se- cure better enforcement of the laws, to check the tendency to speculation and bring about reforms calculated to strengthen the movement in publie con fidenee. Nebraska has followed the lead of the older states and organized the State League of Building and Loan As sieiations, which will hold its third an- nual eonvention in Lincoln on the 11th Inst. The Nebraska league, since it ofgan ization two years ago, has done a vast amount of good with very little noiye oughly with | but this does not re- | rid responsibility and | ifting elerks adopted by | | the banks of New York may be found | | worthy of conside s 16 the effect that | v novel in this | Prior to its Inception state associations wore almost overwhelmed by unserupu- | Tous drummers from abroad. Laws de signed to encourage co-operation were | unenforced and the state was overrun | with speculative concerns, whose reck- | 1ess operations and false pretenses im- | palved the usefulness of honest and | legitimate co-operative associations. The Hengue attacked the pseudo concerns hy demancing the enforcement of the state law. It waged an aggressive cam | paign i favor of official regulation and | inspection, realfzing that therein was | the sole hope of restoring public confi dence in mutnal associations. It con | tended that nssociations organized in | other states seeking bustness in hraska should conform with the law and be subject to the restrictions im- posed on local associations. The de- | mands of the league were so reasonable Land just that success was prompt and emphatic. The State Banking Board | secomded its efforts and gave vitality to a law hitherto a dead letter. The sult of these efforts is seen in a clearing out. of the speculative concerns which refused to comply with the law and the fostering supervision exercised over | the operations of state associations. The Nebraska league does not to restriet the growth or number of mutual associations. On the contrary it encournges their development, heliev ing the larger the number the greater the benefits, In insisting on official regulation and examination it cons the general good. Bighty per cent of the membership is composed of wage earn- hence the necessity for guard- ing the savings of those who could il lafford the loss of a dollar, There are [ not Tess than 10,000 shareholders in the clghty-four Nebraska association | their combined assets exceeded § 000 at the close of 1893, Although the movement in thi te s seareely twelve years of age it has been instru- wental in securing for its members up to and including 1802 2,800 homes -and 2 buildings not ¢ fied as home he record for ten years is certainly | fattering. It illustrates with impres sive force the possibilities of a move- ment based on sound co-operative prin- Jles and honestly and economically | managed. seek Chicago capitalists have organized two elevated railrond corporations which will in due time become part of | the Chieago street railway octopus. One of these corporations is pitalized at $3,000,000, the other at 000,000, Tt is safe to predict that the actual inves ment will not reach one-fourth of $8,- 000,000, and it is also safe to predi that the “Chicago Blevated Loup,” as this new venture is called, will be bonded for at least §10,000,0000 more. After the construction company-—com- posed of the friends of the promoters— has rveimbursed them for every dollar they have advanced and left them a snug surplus for procuring their franchises and right of way, the company will be reorganized, and the line will be oper- ated on the well established methods whereby the earnings are adjusted so as to pay the interest on the bonded debt and a reasonable dividend on the capital invested. In this, as in nearly ¢ similar enterprise, the bonds rep- sent double or trible the actual outlay 1d the stock is double distilled water, which in due time becomes a source of extortion and imposition, and finally terminates in liquidation or a smash-up. the announcements for the convention called to organize a Ne- braska state federation of woman's clubs next week Is a two-minute report which each club will be called upon to present. This number of the program I, we imagine, furnish one of the best tests that could be desired to show what has been accomplished by the vari- ous woman's organizations. We are sure {hat few women who do not belong to c¢lubs would be able to make a two- minute report. We are not certain that ¢lub women have been educated up to the point where they can restrict them- selves to two minutes in saying what they wish to say, but the length of time that they oversten the limit will be a fair indication of Now much progress they have still to make in this direc- tion. One of We have it now that the Duke of Veragua felt that he was snubbed by the inattention of the president and other dignitaries in high official life when he was visiting this country as the invited guest of the United States government. He did not, however, feel insulted when it was proposed to raise 4 fund of American money to help him tide over his financial embarrassments. Par from resenting the proposition, he went as far as he could to encourage it. We are inclined to believe that the duke would ‘think twice before refus- ing another similar invitation to visit the United States should he be so for- tunate as to secure one. Aye, Mo Mon! . Lou's Republic. Joseph Medill has sounded and spurs call on his buge. " Macdufr,” your Uncle Joseph hd Eblis blast the recreant slave Your Unci the boots “Lay L D E What Might Have tseen. Chicago Inter Ocean. Chinese had hired half a dozen s of the boys in biue, or the boys sted them around the guns at T Arthur, the Japs might have pounded away ail winter and not got in Ll P2 Sl Worse Than tho Ni Courler-Journ The appalling thing about this announc ment that Iimperor Willlam has taken to writing comic operas is the possibility that he may choose to exercise his “‘divine right of kings" by compelling his subjects to hear his operas performed. the thorre. Ll No Chance for the People. New York World. While Secretary Carlisle may have been bound to give pre e to the Stewart syndicate as the lowest and best bidder, the fact that such a syndicate Is able to monopolize the entire issue of bonds shows how hopeless it is for small capital to at- tempt to compete with combinations, While all untaxed bonds drawing interest from' the taxpayers are detrimental, the bond which gets into the hands of the small capitalist stays there until it is called in, e —— Progress in the Hely Lund. New York Tribune. eat has been the success of the rail- ine opened about two years ago be- tween Jaffa and Jerusalem that the com- pany has been encouraged (o propose to the Ottoman authorities to bulld at its own cxpense an entire system of quays in the port of Jaffa, besides @ new custom house. Hhat “such an offer shouid be made, &nd that there should exist a rallroad 'com- pany in Palestine capable of carrying it out, are favorable evidences of the pro- So road | zation has accomplished was not to be done GENERAL RBOOTH. Chicago Record: It has taken a lifetime with General Booth to complete the cycle from contempt and ridicule to recognition and to demonstrate that the work his organi- by conventional methods. General Boot\ saw the way to reach the “‘submerged tenth.' Percelving the value of the military form of organization, the shout and the tambourine in securing influence with (his class, he freely made use of them. The grotesqueness of certain features of the Salvation army remains to appeal to the indifferent by their very oddity; but the days of persistent perse cution are over. General Booth, like Dr. Parkhurst, stands out as a man to whom honor fs due for accomplishing what he at- tempted, despite all discouraging opposition and hinderances. Minneapolis Times: General Booth, who Is now honoring this city with a visit, is unques- ticnably one of the greatest characters of tho He has won his position by the prac- eatures of the Christianity which he expounds, more than by the wording of his creed or the system of his theology, and this has given him his hold on the masses. He knows that the great Teacher first fed the | multitude with loaves and fishes before he be- gan his lessons, and that mankind cares little for the beauties of heaven when he is too paintully consclous of the discomforts of earth. Practical Christianity as expounded by the general is what the masses of the people want more than they do dogma or creed or theory, and it is his sincere and cor entious devotion to this that has given him his pecu- | liar hold and his unusual position Chicago Tribune: It is but a few years ago that the Salvation army was a term of re- proach and its members were the victims of the rabble's insults, mud-throwing and | persecution. times have changed. Its soldiers have borne. their persecutions patiently and heroicly and have never swerved from their purpose. They have at last forced the recognition of the world and commanded its respect. Men and women who devote their lives to work in the slums, who go where no one else dares to venture, who care for the sick, makes themselves frionds with the drunkard, pass their time in filthy tenements, plead with criminals, feed the hungry, scrub the floors, clean up filthy places, and ‘seek to bring vice and crime and all manner of moral disorder under the in- fluence of salvation, must inevitably com- mand the world’s respect, and they have done it. But i e PEOPLE AND THIN Will the coming woman speal to the pass- ing man? Let us be merry while we can, for no one knoweth what congress may bring. Mrs. J. Bdward Addicks is opposed to lowering the moral tone of the American senate, Governor Lewelling of settle in Texas and party. The overflowing break of joy rarely escapes | © a dash of sorrow. Thanksgiving last Thurs- day; congress tomorrow. Mr. Willlam C. Whitney will winter Burope. The sad experience of Mr. Wilson has no terrors for him. otwithstanding a’ troublesome sore throat, ansas proposes to grow up with his in Willie Dr. Platt like a high pressure calliope. The news that Mr. Cleveland puts his foot down on the visionary propositions of his cabinet does not gibe with the reports of gout. Mr. Carnegie is not hastily distributing his millions in order to die poor, but honored. There is a large blow hole between precept and practice. Mrs. Lease is about to precipitate a book on the public. “O that mine enemy should write a book,” she interprets as an injunction to poo as a divine writer. Paderewski’s father, who died a couple of weeks ago, was 64 years old, but looked 80. Ho was made prematurely. old by a seven years' imprisonment in Siberia. The men who fought “mit Sigel” will be gratified to learn that the distinguished veteran is hale and hearty, though he has sed the allotted age of three score and According to the Internal revenue statistics, it takes one barrel and three-quarters of beer to satisfy the annual demands of every person living in Chicago. The annual average in New York Is a few schooners over two barrels a head, exclusive of collars. S A SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Globe-Democrat: The _archbishop of Tammany Hall seems to have dipped into politics a little tco freely in the recent cam- palgn. Minneap:lis Times: At least one church in Ohicago has adopted the individual com- munion cup, and the whole community now feels that it reputation for culture and re- finement is established. Denver News: A New Jersey priest has compelled his flock to give up a projected church fair becauso the grand jury has c:n- demned lotteries on such occasions. It iy to be hoped that many clergymen of all de- nominations will follow his lead in this mat- tes. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Buftalo min- ister who went to New York to buy coun- terfeit mcney and got back home with the old famillar satchel full of sawdust must have been confining his reading to the news- papers of his village to the exclusion of the bible and metropolitan journals. An ordi- nary gold brick swindler might reap a for- tune in Buffalo. Richmond charged with arson is it to be wondered if he fir Philadelphia ¥ these Harper's loughby | in "most eve Buffal re for Longwed Trouble in stor “Yeu, gave him a sample of dress gc today.” st Roston that Buftalo Comm Indianapolis Journal: are seldom accomplished without bloodshed™ wa decided to do his own shaving, Detroit Free Press: of_strong men Boston really think th office their looking whei Washington anthermum,’ B indulging in some flor “Well, 'a wondherful flower it is. ting cu'd only 1 skye te Ah, Li Hung Chang! Parkhurst's voice dins the ears of Tom | You prototype of merry Bereft of buttons, jacket, You only have We thought at fi To try to save, at least your vest; But now it Ior greater things, And for a somewhat lengthy Have been immersed in inky treason, Your former losses count for naught Beside the I ¥ Whech BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN, Faith always has a shining face. It you wonld feel right, believe right and do right When the devil goes out to decelve, he puts on his best coat fe well to hope for success, but much better to deserve it. Have nothing to do with the thing that bad men aro in favor of. The thing most dangerous is the one that does most to make us seifish The worldly prosperity of a wicked man 1 a ohariot in which he rides to ruin all thé faster. It 1s hard to convince the man who willh steal theology. The people most in danger of going to hell are those tomorrow, chickens that there Is any sense in who expect to start for heavem i SALVE FOR LONG SERMOY Dispateh up? Pricer—Will 1's China Mrs. colors run 1 am not sure, madam, ou Know. stand that Wik at the Sneers T und es over Teacher—What is an ag- It's a man wot believes thing except religion. Con is in ““There s trouble His wite 1s to mateh or al of them. Pulletin: Mr._A.—Just look at dolt What a he ¥ fools always marry the p . A.—Oh, you flatterer. tlest girll fal ned by careful resea Indian was the ong Jillkon says he has h that the Ameri- al tuft hunter. “Great reforms the consoling thought of the man who He—She I a woman lity what respect, thinks before In he pray? she speaks. Tr Figg—But do yor 18 healthful? Of o Look at the polie Who have fruft peddiers’ stands of & be: . Aren't they @ healthy g o set of men as yowll find any= UAN' thot's @ chrys- . Dolan, deeply inters " replied his \\l'lfl'. who had been purchase It the as foine & rk it ‘ud be d want to see CHANG. Oh, 1.1 Hung Changl Wang," rank, fer ez HAT LI HUNG t you did cems you worked your ga‘ in dark cabal, son the future's got, now vou're rattled, so 'tls sald, is to say, “You've lost your head.” BEN BOLT. Thomas Dunn English. Oh! don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben Holt, Sweet Alice ‘whose hair was so brown, ‘Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile And trembled with fear at your frown? In the old church yard in the valley, Ben Bolt, In a corner obscure and alone, N They have fitted a slab of the' granite so gray And sweet Alice lies under the ston€. Under the hickory tree, Ben Bolt, Which stood at the foot of the hill, Together we've Iain in the noonday shade And liste The mill ed to Appleton’s mill. mill ‘wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben Bolt, The rafters have tumbled in, And a quiet that crawls round the walls as you gaze Has followed the olden din. And don't you remember the school, Bem Bolt, With the master so cruel and grim, And the shaded nook in the running brook, Where the children went to swim? Grass grows on the -~ master's grave, Ben Bolt; The spring of the brook Is dry, And of all the boys who were schoolmates then There are only you and I. There 1s change in the things I loved, Ben Bolt; They have changed from the old to the new. But I feel In the depths of my spirit the truth— There never was change in you. Twelve months, twenty, have passed, Bem . Bolt, Since first were friends—yet I hafl a blessing, thy presence “Money’s Worth or Money Back,” Two of "Em Either of 'em will be a lucky strike for you it it happens to be what you need. We meati the two special things we offer Monday—No, 1isa fine $20 Cheviot overcoat, oxford mixed - color, silk piped fac- ing, with embroidered relief work down inside of facing, heavy silk lined all throuzh. It's an extra heavy lining, and this, combined with the tight weave of the cloth, gives a very warm garment with light weight—It has fly front, five buttons on each sleeve—It's not long [only 41 inches]—In fact it's a very stylish all around garment for fall, wintar and spring wear. We always sold it for $18 and $20. There are 41 left and you get pick for $§12.50—nearly all sizes in the lot. A neat brown Cheviot, flannel lined, well made—Sold Saturday for $7,50—Balanca of tha lot, only 27 left, Monday for $5 each. Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, S. W. Cor. 15th and Douflas. . 4 ress of railroad enterprise in the Holy laid y it -ea G charmi ‘ we Mt 18 that x'fl!-"i.fé" '[; LR o