Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1894, Page 12

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DE PUBLISHI George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- |ishing_company, being duly “sw says that the actual number of full and complete copies of the Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday I printed during the month of November, 1M, was s follows: Lstosivionesies M0 1 2. 1T 3. 18 i 1 3 o 7 8 9 POt couiosionss Mbiiveiss Less deductions for unsold BOBIES " iy vvvsissivis Total Jist Daily ave net elr Sworn to before me presence this 3d day (Feal.y N The Baltimore plan pin for two. One question promises to be settled by this congress, and that is whether the cuckoo is a temporary phenomenon or a regularly recurring bird of pas- Bage. Senator Hill is carefully saving his views on the president’s message, But they will be made public with all due emphasis when the opportune moment arrive: The fathers ‘of the republic estab- lished a cloture rule for the senate when they provided in the constitution that every two years shall witness a new congress. The congressmen-clect who are al ready applying to Mr, Reed for places on desirable committees in the next house evidently about the early believe in the old adage worm, Chicago is trying hard to repress a threatened attack of the annexation fever until after she is certain as to New York's intentions with respect to Brooklyn and her other suburb We feel certain that no congressman really cares whether, in case of death at his supposed post of duty, his remains are accompanied to their last resting place by a junketing committee of his colleagues or not. It is adding insult to injury to in- sinuate that the flowers that graced the desks of varfous members of the house on the opening of congress came from the national posy garden or were paid for by the recipients. The new school board must meet the demand for retrenchment in the public schools immediately after its organiza- tion. Because the old board has shirked its duty offers no excuse for a continu- ance of the policy of delay. The work of our charity organizations should be well in hand before the holi- da We are liable to expe e sud- den changes of temperature that will expose people who are without fuel and shelter to severe hardships, If not abso- lute danger. Dr. Talmage has formally severed the last vestige of his connection with the rongregation of the Brooklyn tabernacle, but his weekly sermons through the press will continue to be hawked about 80 long as the venerable doctor ean turn an honest penny by them. The first fruit of the republican vie- tory in Kansas is alveady at hand, Jack rabbits are so numerous in certain por- tions of the state that farmers and sportsmen ¢ inrot shoot them fas enovgh and there is danger that they may in- jure young trees in the orchards. Of course, If the populists had been re- tained in control of the state govern- ment, a jack rabbit could not have been Induced to venture into Kansas for love or money. It is worthy of mention that all the young men who were arrested for intox- leation or disturbing the peace after the Yale-Princeton foot ball game in New York a week ago proved to have no connection with any college whatever, They w bedecked with college rib- bons and flaunted the college colors, but were In reality without any claim to pose as college men. This fact will go n great way in supporting the oft-made allegation that the worst offenders on all similar occasions are outsiders who selze the opportunity to jubilate beyond the recognized bounds, much to the dis- eredit of the colleges which they claim to represent. It Is hard to suppress these pretenders, but if they are regu farly shown up in their true light they may finally be induced to subside. The resignation of Congressman Cum- mings of New York makes the twenty- fourth change In the personnel of the present congress since it came into being on March 4, 1803, There have been ten deaths, eleven resignations and three successful election contests. It s possible, and even likely, that President Cleveland will take oceasion to reward with appointments to office some more of his faithful followers in the house who have been turned down by their constituents some time before the expi- ration of this congress in order that their nominations may be confirmed by the senate. In that case we may ex- pect several additional resignations, al- thongh the vacancies will be for such short perlods that no steps will be taken to have them filled. The Fifty- third congress promises to be a record breaker in the matter of vacancies, ENLARGE THE SUPREME COURT. It is absotutely imperative that the logislature at its coming session take gome steps toward abolishing the anom- aly which we have had now for nearly two years In the supreme court com- mission. The law authorizing the ap- pointment of supreme court commis- foners was enacted in 1803 as a tempo pedient to meet the emergency of an oy court. It provided for the immediate j appointment by the supreme court of three persons, no two of whom should belong to the same political party, and who should be practicising attorneys in good standing, not less than 30 'S of , to be commissioners of the su- prome court. The duties of these com- missioners were defined to be to aid and assist the court, under such rules and regulations as it might adopt, in the performance of its duties in the dis- position of the numerous cases then pending or thereafter to be brought. Bach commissioner was to hold for a term of three years, to devote his entire attention to the work of his office and to receive a salary equal to that paid to the judges of the supreme court. A supreme court commission is at best an awkward plece «f jud cial machinery. It was by no means contemplated by the framers of our form of st ernment, and it is the opinion of many of our best constitutional lawyers that the supreme court accommodatingl strotehed a point when it passed favor- ably upon the constitutionality of the law establishing it. The act was agreed te gov to by the legislature only as a shift and because repeated efforts to secure constitutional am:endments in- creasing the number and pay of the Judges of the supreme court had ended invariably in miserable fail While, perhaps, the people are willing to over- look the streteh of authority that ereated the commission as a concession to stern necessity, there is no reason why they should be required to put up with it a moment longer than is actually nec the selec of their Judges and they also have a right to have their appeals for justice promptly passed upon by judges who have equal authority. Grant that the docket the supreme court is still overcrowded and that the judges are entitled to as- sistance and relief, the only legitimate way in which relief ean be afforded by a reorganization of the court pursu- voice in on of 1t to constitutional amendment. The supreme court commission expires by limitation in the early spring of 1896, By that time, if the legislature will sub- mit the requisite constitutional amend ment at the next general election, the people will be able to provide them- selves with an enlarged court of five or seven members serving for adequate compensation, The legislature must not fail to do its part. RETIREMENT OF GLNERAL SWAIM. The remission lnst week by President Cleveland of the unexpired portion of the sentence presceribed by the court martinl that tried Brigadier meral David G. Swaim marks the beginning of the end of one of the most peculiar s that has ever arisen in our army circles. Ilor ten ye General Swaim has been nominally judge advocate gen 1 of the military forces of the Unit States, but has been prevented from ex- erieising any of the duties of the office because of a disability imposed upon him for conduct prejudical to good orvde and military discipline. ow, by reason of the action of the president, he finds himself vestored to good standing in the army and to the office which he has been supposed to hold only to relinquish it, most probably, after three weeks service, when, on December 22, he passes his 624 year and becomes eligible for retirement. The ease of General Swaim is one of the anomalies in the history of Ameri- courts martial. According to cent account of it, in Ap 1884, Mr. Bateman of Washington informed Se retary Lincoln that General Swaim had attempted a fraud upon the banking firm of Bateman & Co. of Washington 1 negotiating a due bill for $5,000 which had been previously drawu, and that he had also assisted in the negotiation of pay vouchers which he knew to be trip- licates of outstanding ac ounts, The fol- lowing d Mr. Bateman informed the secretary that the matter had been ar ranged amicably and misunderstandings explained. As, however, Mr. Bateman had published his letter through the press, and General Swaim's comments on it had not been regarvded as satisfactory by the secretary of war, a court of in- quiry was held. Thix body reported that the evidence showed disereditable ansactions, especially in view of n- eral Swaim’s peeuliar relations to the administration of justice in the army. A court martial was accordingly ap- pointed, of which General Schofield was president. This court found the judge advocate general not guilty of the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, which had been based on the due bill of $5,000, and also not guilty of any neglect of duty through failure to report the triplication of pay, which had been alleged against Colonel Morrow, but yet guilty of conduct to the preju- dice of good order and military dis- cipline in violation of the sixty-second article of war. The sentence was sus- pension from rank, duty and pay for years; but since this was disap- being too lenient the sentence ed to suspension for one year, with reduction to rank of major in his department. That again being disap- proved by President Arthur a third sen- tence resulted, that of suspension from rank and duty for twelve pay. This is the sentence the unexpired portion of which has just been remitted. President Cleveland has undoubtedly taken the shortest way out of the tangle into which the War department had been placed, although had he been con- tent to wait a few weeks he would have been able to accomplish the same pur- pose without permitting General Swalm to again exercise the duties of judge advocate general. The principal objec- tion of President Arthur to the first sentence of the court martial is sald to have been that it would have restored the general to his position and full functions after three years. The second sentence avoided this only by reducing him in rank and obliterating his chances cowded docket in the supreme | The people have a right to have | of futurc promotion to that place. The | tic,elementary grammar, descriptive and third sentence purposely carried the |physical geography, and elementary penalty over a perfod lasting until the | United States history; and should be spring of 1807, with only half pay |of Such age and general waturity as throughout the twelve years. As IIIN‘WIII make it reasonable to expect him compulse retirement for age was due | to exercise self-c ntrol and to make in December 22, 1806, it was obviously the | telligent and faithful w 22, ! o of the educa intention to fix the third sentence so |tional opportunities afforded by the that he might never again discharge any | state, In lleu of entrance examina of the advocate, duties either of active the Judge head of | | the department or in any subordi- | nate grade. The result was that from that day to this the office of tions the university will accept teachers' first and second grade certificates, and what are known as county superin- tendents’ certificates, showing that the | person named has satisfactorily com | Judge advocate general has remained | pleted thepivork of the country district | practically vacant, its adwinistration | school.” Jid other words, the univer | being placed in the hands of the as-|sity proposes to take its students vight | | sistant judge advocate general. Peri-|out of the grammar grades. And if | odical attempts were made to relieve | we glance over the courses of study of | the situation, but unsuccessfully, up to | the new school what do we find? Noth- the recent action of Mr. Cleveland, and | ing more than the ordinary branches the friends of neral Swaim friends of other applicants for his place were ranged in almost hostile camps. | The law does not require the retireme of army officers until they shall reached their Gith but it and the | taught in every first class high school, with a mixture of a little shop work from the manual training department. t | What justification have the regents of have | the State university in applying the pro rests [ ceeds of state taxation to the mainte- year, with the president to retive them at any [nance of a ligh school? Have they l‘nm.- after the rrive the age of 62. [ not their hands full with the work It is assumed that General Swaim will | which properly belongs to an institu- | £0 upon the retired list at the earliest <ible moment and that a new briga general's star may be looked for at an early day, with other promotions all along the line of the judge advoeate's tion of higher education? We are not pr d to say that all of the vequests of the regents for new buildings and for additional equipment are unrensonable and unwarranted. department, But it strikes us that they want first | DEMANDS Folt 1HE STAT :w :-.-;.l.lul\;r :}m-n« I ”I:N'lr xl:_x;-n- |~\\.::\|[ The report of the regents of the State [ 106 100 of operats i) to take measures to restrict the attend- ance to those who are prepared for and entitled to college instruction. Then they want to vearrange their demands | upon the legislature in accordance with new computations, based upon an en tirely different condition of affairs. university covering the past two y las been made public. The document consists of two parts, the report proper and an editorial summary, which has been served up by the Lincoln Jours as an orviginal editorial. Passing over much of the interesting detail and mat- ters of minor information, the burden of the whole report is the necessity for A PAYOUS LABOR IEADER. extraordinary approprintions by the | W€ Print elsewhere a very Interesting coming. legiglature. e are told. to|Imterview which a reporter of The Bee quote from the editorial summary fust [ 180 With Mr. Johu Burns. the noted Yot : English labor leader, who came to this red to, that “a surp of affairs exists in whose “attendance sing condition that institution, has outgrown country Amerienn to attend the congress of the Federation of Labor, which | | both the public and the legistature,” the | Meets at Ih-l\\v-|: tomorrow, f nd also to R il e " study the conditions of labor in the increase being “simply phenome: rerdtiy ATHETGERRY i i Pos Furthermore, that the attendance R DLE b o N UL LD most representative of organized lahor in ¢ trebls 1 within three ye aching al ready this ‘fAll Hiearls 1,500, Thia re. reat Britain, and his purpose in at gents, therefore, sk for a special levy tending l}n- Iulmrb congr at :h-u\oll is of one-half mill for ench year of fne | L0 Chdeavor to establish an alliance be tween English and American labor. John Burns is not an agitator, as that term is commonly understood, but he is none the less a most earnest. and inde- fatigable worker in the cause of im-| biennium in addition to the three-eighths mill levy formerly voted under similar pressure. We are admonished that “if this can not be granted the attendance must be arbiteavily lmited to 800," and that “the safety of the state and its |ProVing and uplifting labor. What he itate d‘l\_“]“]”'m‘mu are. hanging h;_ has done in this direction entitles him 7 ¥ lto the interny distinction he en- this thread. tional Born 7:1 the ranks of Iabor, all his sympathies are with those who toil in the mjue and the mili, in the factory Terhaps the best way to analyze thesc statements and to get at the approximate basis of the recommendations is to re- produce from the report the classified ’i‘"" ’:' or r""u".,""“; “:"“";"( 'l';"“h ;"“l, table of enrollment on December, 1, [DPretd-winneys, whether of Jusiafe of 18040 A1t lains Rl o Amertes 1.}\1111 very Illlnm\-tlANIl‘lu.n,n]n‘ul e TS 4| avantages in his youth Mr. Burns has Undergraduate Students: Dbecome, at the age of 26, a man of large .\c?ldnmm rnn;.l Industrial eolleges: ..828 intellectuntattainments, and few men in oll:ge of Law. . 81 s 38OT"C s C 3 (S oy el B the House of"Comniohs command move In absentia students. i-1,080 | attention than he. Peculiarly thé rep- Students in preparatory cours 340 | resentatite i Parliament” of the vast Jedbieriinde i |constituehiey of organized British tabor, Repeated names. oD e exerts great influenee, the meor because Le is rocognized as a carvetul and Total -enrollment........... 1420 | gafe counsellor, wholly “unseltish in his - It is to be noted that the enrollment | javotion to the cause he represents. The in the Academic and Industrial colleges | (ang of thousands of his followers have is 828, or just about the number which the regents say the ordinary revenues of the most implicit faith m him, because they have learned from ample experi- the university will suffice to educate. | uyeo that he does not lead them to profit The eighty-four students in the Iaw | e them and that he s absolutely sin- school are aequiving a technieal and i ¢ in their cnuse, It may be that Mr. Burns will not be able to accomplish much toward the ear- rying out of liis purpose in attending the congress of *he American Federation of Labor, but his visit may have a good effect upon labor leaders in this country, most of whom could profit by his exam- ple, to the very great Ivantage and benefit of cause the toiling masses. professional education, the expense of which is no part of the taxpayer mate burden. The 134 students in the School of Art and Musie are likewise pursuing specinl studies, and are no part of the univer- sity unless they contribute the bulk of the forty-five nes that are duplicated, ‘The thirty-four students who are ab- sent are not infringing on the resources of the institution, and might as well have been left altogether out of account. And finally the 340 students in the preparatory courses ought to and shonld be required to get their secondary edu- cation at the expense of the local com- munity to which they properly belong. The regents will doubtle: y that the students in the law school, the absent students, and the students applying themselves to art and inusic are no burden upon the university. Porhaps 50, but if so it convicts the regents of the basest jugglery when they present per capita statistics of appropriations s legiti the of STATE FEDE OF WOMAN'S CLURS. A convention of delegates from the different woman's clubs in Nebraska is to meet in this city tomorrow, pursuant to an invitation Issued by the Woman's club of Omaha, for (he purpese of o7gan- izing a state federation. The eall for the convention provides for extending credentials to the president and one delegate from ey known woman's club in the siate, and it is reported that a suflicient number of clubs have indi- cated their ptance af the invitation to assure in advance the success of the calenlated for the total enrollment of | undertaking. The delegates are to be 1,500 students. the guests of the $foman’s club of this We are 1 to welcome the tardy |city during their sojourn here, and that confession of the regents that here | means that their entertainment will be has always been a doubtful propriety [ everything that could be either in maintaining preparatory work in | pected or desired. connection with the colleges of this uni- v," and to commend their decision to abolish the first year of preparatory work In 1805 and the second year in 1807. The Bee commented favorably upon this decision at the time it was first made public. The preparatory work ought, however, to have been The proposed state federation of wo- man’s clubs has been projected as a part of the genel federation of wo- man's clubs, which has been in exist ence now for some time and in which some of the individual clubs hold mem- bership. But a general federation cov ering the whole United States can be abolished long ago, and there is no ex- | made more effective through the union cuse whatever for maintaining the | of its members into state organizations. second year longer than one year after | Several of' ‘fhe states have organized the first year shall have been abolished. | sueh assqgiatipns—New York, for exam- Out of the 1,420 students enrolled ple, having wery reconlly witnessed a the state university 571, or considy similar colvention of delegates from the more than a third, give Lanc: lled by woman's glubs in that state, ¢ county as their residence, and a great [ Sorosis, the bon ton club of New York in proportion of these have had their high | Oi octéty ‘women—and it is only pro- school education at the ex » of the [per that e \yomen of Nebraska should taxpayers at large, whi properly | place thwnselves in the van of this should be defrayed by the citizens of | movement: “Fhe women of the United Lincoln. The enumeration of the fac- | States will §don find themselves in a ulty, moreover, includes eight professors | position which the men nave not yet at- and instructors in Latin, nine in English and English literature, and ten in mathematies, the greater number of whom must be constantly employed in teaching branches that have no place in a college curriculum. Instead, however, of abolishing the preparatory work with a view to economy and re- trenchmerit, what do the regents pro- pose to do? Why, to establish a new School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts that is to be a worse abuse than the last. The new school is to offer a three year's course of study to just the class of students who have been hitherto welcomed into the preparatory department. What are to be the re- quirements of admission to the new school? The same requirements as to the regular collegiate work? Oh, no!|their Interests will be realized and util- “To enter this school, a student must |ized to an extent impossible without or- tained, nawely, a national club organiza- tion congfitiyg of state federations, which in guraare made up of Individual clubs, Ivio X The adviintiiges of a Nebraska state federation of woman's clubs must be ap- parent almost without explanation. Aslde from the fact that it ranges Ne- braska along with other states in this respect, It offers to a wider circle of women the same inducements that each separate club offers to its own members. The soclal contact of regular state conventions is alone of great Influence in widening the vision and extending the experience of the delegates who may be chosen to attend, and through them of all the club women in the siate. The solidarity of women and the identity of real I have fairly mastered practical arithme- | ganization. To the visiting woman dele- gates all Omaha, irrespective of sex, ex- tends a hearty welcome and trusts that the convention will be able to effect the object for which it has been called with- out difficulty and to its entire satisfac- tion. There is a wide and untrodden field of usefulness awaiting the Ne- braska state federation of woman's clubs, NO MORE TARIFF TINKERING. The caucus of democratic senators, in designating the subjects of legislation to be presented for consideration, omitted the raw material bills which passed the heuse néar the close | of the last session. This is to be ac- cepted as a virtual surrender on the part of the majority, so as any further tampering with the tariff is con cerned, It is true that the “steering committee” was authorized to present such other measures as it may deem fmportant, but the action of the caucus plainly implied that a majority of the democrats present did not desire to con sider the popgun bills, and it is to be presumed that the committee ‘will not bring any of them forward. The wis dom of this course is obvious, and, therefore, the action of the caucus is to be commended. There is no possibility that any of these measures could be passed, with the exception, perhaps, of the Dill to amend the sugar schedule, and even as to that there Is doubt as to what would be the result of bringing it to a vote. The proposition as it now stands is for a straight duty of 40 per cent ad valorem, but this would proba- bly be antagonized by the republicans, who favor free sugar. ‘he democrats cannot support free sugar, because with their tariff law there must be a revenue from sugar to supply the government with the needed revenue. Probably most of them would like to deprive the trust of the one-cighth of a cent pro- tection as a sort of party vindieation, but evidently they ave afraid to the question, since it might lead to a reopening of the whole tariff issue and a prolonged discussion that would lead ise | to nothing. In the circumstances, therefore, the democrats have judiciously decided to allow the supplemental tariff bilis to rest where they are, thus heeding the admonition of the people at the last lection. Of course this means that these measures are dead, and that the country is not to experience the inflie- tion of any more tariff discussion in congress for several y a promise which the industrial business in- terests of the country will most heartily welcome. There are plenty of other matters to command public attention. The currency question is of paramount importance and calls for the most in- telligent and eareful consideration from the people, and besides this such mat- ters as the repression of monopoly in the form of trusts and combinations, the Dbetter regulation of corporation; a national bankruptey law, and other questions affecting the general welfare which Tave been subordinated in the public thought to the tariff, may now receive the attention they merit. The democrats in the present congress have done nothing so wise as dropping the tariff. Philadelphia is almost excited because the statue of William Penn recently raised to the tower of the public build- ing in that city has its back turned to that part of the city from which it is most generally viewed. The people are demunding that William be turned cound. No respectable statue ought to be deaf to such an appeal. Foot Eall's Slugk Globe-Demoerat , The autumn foot ball casualties in America will be in the neighborhood of six men killed and thirty seriously injured, which beats anything that bull fighting in Spain can show io five years. —_————— Tho Supremo Test at the Hub. Boston Journal. The test of a man's social standing this winter is his designation of the tlower in Record. his buttonhole. If he calls it a ‘*houton- niere” he isn‘t in it, but if he says “‘coat flower that settles him—he is one of the elect. e Too Smooth to Fe Balked. Minneapolis Journal. The amerded constitution of New York state forbids any railroad to issue a pass to any state official, elected or appointed, and it is stated that under this provision Chauncey Depew could not ride free cver his own road so long as he remains a re- gent in the university. Heavy penalties ire prescribed for the violation of this pro- viston. e Test of Prosperous Conditlons, Chicago Record. When steel rails are moving rapidly from the rolling mill to the tracklayers the gen- eral business of the country is greatly stim- ulated om the iron mines, coal mines and coke ovens the raw materlals flow to the mills, and feeders from all sides add volume and strength to this freshet of pros- perity, which remains at flood tide long after the new rails have been polished by the loaded freight cars. Indications point to a large consumption of rails next year by the great roads of the country—not in extensions, but in repairing and relaying their tracks.' New cars are to be built, heavy repairs are to be made on the present rolling stock, and the railroad ghops and rights of way promise to be lively centers of constructive activity next year. Krom the Lake Superior iron” mines comes the cheering intelligence that better prices are looked for next year, that blast furnaces using Lake Superior ore are stock- ing up in_anticipation of the increased d mand, and that there will be less ore on the lower’ lake ore docks at the opening of navi- jgation next spring than there has been be- fore for many The spirit of p which has choked enterprise for iwo years, Is giving way to the optimism which has heretofore led men to great commercial deeds, and has made American enterprise the synonym of success and prosperity throughout the world, — Ts the West Discontented? Chancellor J. H. Canfield, In the Forum. There is some discontent within the limits of Nebraska. With the unsuccessful, even though they have done more than 'fairly well, the sense of rot being as far along in the race as those with whom they made the start is irritating, The tenth command- ment is undoubtedly often and badly sh tered in Nebraska: but I fancy we ai neither the only sinners nor the chief sinners In this respect. Men here, as else. where, are in haste to get rich, not simply to secure a competence. With many others the present complaining |s hereditary, and [ comes to them with thelr New England blosd. The discontent which really does exist, however, is not so much discontent with’one's individual lot as with the exist- ing order of things. Unquestionably the opportunities of life are in some way-—and often apparently by legislation—transferred to the few. In our haste to build up an empire In & night we have not always guarded carefully the interests of all the people. 1t would som:times seem as though our children could not possibly govern them- selves any worse than we have governed ourselves, and that if they do not vastly improve in all methods of public adminis- tration they will suffer more than we di Out of such bitter experiences, however, and out of this kind of rational 'discontent are evolved all human improvement and all advancement of the race. This kind of dis- content seems to have naturally and prop- erly become a powerful factor {n American public life. But as for ourselyes and our neighbors as individuals, and in our own individual and private interests and affairs, it is safe to say that 95 per cent of the people of this state fall easily under any thoughtful definition of the expression “con- terted classes.” v e e v ey SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. BLASTS FROM KAM'S HORN. his money out of a tobacco trust. a little old-fashioned, but Is kind freshing Minneapolis Journat ther Ducey seems to be in regular attendance upon the sessions | This of re- | deal of gospel in a handshake. man whose heart is in his work. a man {8 a pricst he doesn't forfelt his right as an Américan eitizen, Now York Sun: The community is infested with & good many clerical bores. Some of them preach about everything oxcepting re beok silver pan 5P when ns; only they apostle to the Gentiles. Chicago Times: John Burns says he is astonished to see so many churches in the rich residential section of New York. If | Mr. Burns expected to find the churches in the poorer quarters of the city or the teme- ment house district he must, indeed, be Ig- norant of the latter-day policy of most of the American clergy. to come There in is more real ‘good ‘In | ning back to the Mayflower - « Long Haul, polis News. Tndin not feel justified in continuing to submit to | the disagreeable things which he was forced | to endure. While the church is engaged in the task of sccuring a new pastor it should | also have sufficient respect for the Christian Ject to Japan's demanc teresting complications will_en insigts upon a cession of territory, ——— FOR LONG SERMON: SALVE Sam-—On the other si him all over. In the language of Wall street, the crusade Wh against living pictures in New York s a bar movement. but_he had the Ampertiner a consignment of her fog in this section. that Mr. New's blood was’ \mpoverished I tackled last year when I had to suspend court six weeks, : fairs, he has been prevailed upon to sacrifice himself as an alderman, at $3 a meeting. But he has cot been elected yet. on Coutler: Clerk—Well, if you don't Municipal reform has suddenly awakened | gooas i FILL R RO o in Philadelphia. Some time ago an electric | you. Aunt Abigall (curtly)-No; you dont, company offered to pay into the city treasury | young feller; I read the papers, an' 1 know $25,000 a year for ten years for the privilege | all about you green goods fellers. of putting down and operating condults In the streets of the city. The city fathers smiled coldly on the proposition, fearing it might s:ricusly inflate the treasury surplus. Indlanapolis Journal: “Did T understand you to say that Thompson was a farmer?” “Good gracious, no! I said he made his money in wheat. You never heard of a he is asleep? mas present. pockets now. I've got to get him a Christ- the cost to the company has not decreased. Maybe I could go through his A fascinating young widow, tear stained and somber clad, floated into a Brooklyn hotel in search of a job not long ago, and made herself so useful that promotion fol- lowed promotion. She attained the aititude of assistant housekeeper and the fourth story on Monday last, when she was precipitated out of a window, landing on a shed, forty feet below. Her leg was broken. Whether she jumped or was thrown out is not stated, but one account has a postscript to the effe that the landlord’s wife “is physically cap- able of breaking in doors or of doing any- thing else which requires strength and rapid- ity of action. ‘Washington Star: “It is almost as good as the theater,” sald the young woman, who was watching the proceedings from the house of representatives gallery. . was the reply, “but some of these farewell appearances aren’t of the Pattl dee scription, by a long shot.” HER SMILES, = Detroit Free I he smiled on me. Her eyes were brovn, And on her head a lovely crown s Of golden tresses capped a brow As white as snow. I see it now. 1 agked her to be mine, and sh Alack, alack, she smiled at me. el A CHRISTMAS LYRIC, Frank D. Sherman in Ladies' Home Journal. Sweetheart, I send my greeting T A Conservative Keformer. Philadelphia Record, John Burns, the noted English labor leader, who comes to this country to partici- pate in the Trades Union conference to be | held at Denver, has no faith in extreme | Across the world of Snow, movements for the amelioration of the con-| Love's tender pledge to break the edge dition of tollers. Mr. Burns has been lcng | Of winter winds that blow; enough In publie lifé as artisan, agitator | The one word still repeating— ind reformer to know how little force such | The word I dared to say mevements wield, and what baneful re Vhen all the hours were swe tions are sure to’ folow them. The teach-| ~And ody wnd May. oot With Saweey December lh(ht"’fi N Il\“ \'hi] \';;}lvv's urn, Now sleeps the fire of spring's desl Which yet shall wake and burn = And when once more it flashes And lights with buds the vine, 8hall you be here with love to cheer And light this life of mine? Across the frosty (sthmiis Of winter white with drifts, Love, like a bird, flles with a word To ‘him who holds his gifts; Oh, at the dawn of Christmas, When he returns to me, Bid him to sing of such a spring, And ‘you his song shall bet ings of his experience may offer little that | new to the older and wiser heads in the ence; still, If they shall have no ctly practical value, they may cxert a wholesome influence in ‘their iteration. Sl 97,815 Voters Knew It. Chicago Tribune Mr. Holcomb, governor-elect of Nebraska, is described as a man six feet two inches high, of fine form and figure, with a frank, open countenance ‘“indicating excellent traits of character. These facts have come out since the election, S —— ‘‘Money’s Worth or Money Baclk” Santa’s Watching You. He's going to wait till you go to sleap Christmas % Eve. Then he's going to sneak down the chimney and find your clothes, and if they've got the “B., K. & Co.” label on them he will think you are a pretty good fsllew and will pro- ceed at once to fill your old sock full of snare drums, peanuts, pianos, and houses and lots. Let him see one of our new overcoats or suits in your room, They are an orna- ment to any back and it takes as little as $7.50 to secure either one of them. Little boys, big boys and grown boys all receive special attention at our hands—the largest boys clothing stock in the west and the choicest goods— all first olass in quality, no matter if you pay $2 for a suit or flve times two. sy . Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas. of the Lexow committee In New York, in|who does all his work with his mouth. spite of the solemn warning he recelved | e preacher who toars a leaf out of the from his dlocesan, Ducey thinks that If | pibje might as well throw away the whol Some peoplo use religlon as they do thelt have com« 9 tongress might send a commission to Blue, | liglon. Nelther in manners nor in language | o CoPETess migh . do these loose-tongued clergymen \-m-nn‘m"\;"‘; and glve the Mosquitoes some fres) any of the twelve apostles, or Paul, the| 0o Whenever we open the door to a doubt the devil has a messenger with bad news ready disposition than there fs in a pedigree rums Kansas City Star: Rev. Mr. Foote of 100,000,000 yen and the ces M Christ Eplscopal ehurch at St. Joseph, who e Driee e el ) vited a colored ministe able e feats & 5 3 d his pulpit | to our dollar many exacted but $250,- ) because the members of his congregation | 000,000 from France, although depriving het 3 made ft 80 unpleasant for him that he did [ of Alsace and Lorrraine. kngland will ob. . no doubt, and in.* g 1e it Japan proprieties to change its name, B ™ " —l ? oston Transcript: It Iy better for a doc. § W e tor, In & business point of view, to discover PEOPLE AND THIN gné new disorder than (o eradicate dozen ] )7 Qiseases, i\ Other cavities besides the wells of Peru| Detroit Free Press: Jack—Did you ki A have gone dry in that section of Nebraska. one of the fellows on the oth ide? Bt 1 kicked Washington Star: “Keep that physiclan It might be stated without breaking the | in attendance on our family?’ exclaimed y seal of confidence that Chicago does not fur-| MIs. Parvie New; “never! ¥ ther her annexation schemes by spreading| ..Ka% he klilled anybody 1 e to say It was pigeon-holed. But when the same | farmer doing that, did you?” o company recently asked the privilege free - the city dads became convinced it was a |, Philadelphia Record: Wife (gazing at her mighty good thing to freeze to. Of course 4.8 head on the plllow)—I ‘wondetiis Kansas Clty Journal: The Methodist con- | A lfe Wil often kil whers a Shotgut ference of North Carolina decided to dectine [ VOU'I" ! o Ift of $300 toward defraying its expenses | . Sooner of later pride I sure to step of because it was offered by n man who makes | dynamite. Some people forget’ that there Is a gool The days ure mever long enough for the ¢ The dovil is {n partnership with the mar ¢ ‘ | i ® Boy bables sell for 50 cents a pound in St. Louls. This is the free trade scale. As Chicago Tribune: Banks—You cured your Missouri has become republican the policy | MMe DACK with porous plasters? How long - of protecting infant tudustries will give prices | ' Rivers—tow lonk? 1 had to wear ‘em th) S a b . whole length of my spine. The verdant who cashed a draft signed by ‘1 Jay Russett Apple, Cashier,” in Kansas lo_Coul ‘Skinner says he has p City should not be chided in his misfortun B leRt L ik sigoe thie day NS Imi Allowance must be made for the freshening | PRI T DL DT R o nfluenc: of environment. other man ot §2 more than he did,” The South Carolina dispensary law has| o . been revindicated. One of the state liquor | , SIftings: The butcher is ho gambler, but constables who Killed a man for being per- | hoarding hovse Kesper, 0 ©aKe the ducky, § niclously active in opposition was pardoned G 5 by Governor Tillman and lauded for his gal-| Syracuse Post: Mrs. McSwatters—Troubles s never come single. 47 Uncle Billy Patterson, who dled in Phila- | come mhen vou oy e Hight. They alwaye delphia recently, was not the victim of the i — A unsolved mystery, “Who struck Billy Pat- Coroner—And did the de- terson?”’ He was a modest engineer on a All=No. He waa railroad, and was never struck or dumped 3 i out of the cab Atlanta Constitution: Justice (tilting jugr* § } Frank Lawler, the great endorsed states- | —And this is a sample of the moonlight stuft h man of Chicago, scems utterly unable to k It 6. aff, ; ] restraln his disposition to serve the dear el st i > = people. Desplte' the exactloris of private ar-| 1 JusiceHix months. Its the syme brénd eg !