T1IE (WAITA DAILY NEK : TUESDAT. OCTOBER 5 , 1897.

'TiiK OMAHA DAILY

K. llOSEWATKIl , Editor-

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KVKnY MOltNINO.

THUMB OF SUUSC tUPTlON-

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> lly llee (Without Bundny ) , Ono Tear KMDally llee and Sunday , One Year 8 V-iHIl Month * < 0)Three Month * 30"Sunday Mee , One Year 2-

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1OFFICK3 !

Omaha ! The flee LhilMlHB.South Omaha ! Singer Illk. , Cor. N and 21th 8t .

Council lllulTs : 10 IVarl Street.-Chlcnco

.Olllce : 317 Chamber of Commerce.

Now York : Itoom * 13 , 14 nnd 15 , Tribune Hide.Washington ! tot Fourteenth Street-

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All communication * rclatlnu to news and edito-rial

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matter should be nddrcmcili To the tdltor.I-

JtJHINKSS

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LBTTKHB.All bimlncM letters and remittance * nhoiild be-

nddrcused to The Ilea 1'ubllMilns Company ,

Omnha , Drnttii. checks , express and postotncemoney or.1. CDS to be made pa > nblo to the orderof th * compntiy.

TUB 1IKH rUULISHINO COMPANY ,

BTATKMENT OF CIIICUKATIO.V-fitntn of Nebrnftkn , DOUR Inn County , ss. :

George It. Tzitchuck , necretnry of The lleo Pub.Hilling company , bclnjr duly sworn , myi thnl innactual numlnr of full nnd complete copies of TheDally , MornliiK , Evening nnd Hundny Hce printedduring the month of September , 1837 , was ns fol-

lows¬

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1 19 , 18 " . "J3 19.C2J 17 .J J3 13,918 IS 19.S32

4. . . 19,917 19 " . 'JjR 19100 20 20,011-

Jl0 19.9C9 20,151

7 19,811 52 ! () ,397

8 18.1! 2,1 Z0.7M-SO9 19,778 823

10. 19.818 20,43625. , , . .

12 19fOO 27. 19.MI13 19,079 28. 19,711

14 inM3 20. 19,55715 I9.CSO 30. 19,01-

4Tolnl 597,659

Less returned nnd unoold copies 9,415

Total net ! lei. 588,374

Net dally nvrniRc. 19,00-1)OKOIIOB

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Hworn to before me am ! subscribed In my pres-ence

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this 1ft day of October. 1897 ,

(Peal ) N. V. FKIU Notary Public.

TUB III3H ON THAIXS.

All rail mini iiuwHlmyn lirenniMiMciIivtth riiiHiith Ilcvn-to n < ! : oniiniMliit (! every iins-

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INSIST ON H.VVI.Vd"THE 1I13K.

General Wcylcr niutlc history while InCuba If lie did not accomplish anythingelse.

The year 1807 will be remembered Inmore states than one asi a year of mon-grel

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politics.

The exposition Is a public enterprisennd Its management must be open andabove board.

The enemy may heap llatterjr uponrenegades to persuade thorn to desert ,

but they are nevertheless despised by allas traitors.

Will Uedlleld now withdraw that cir-cular

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telliitfr how to mark the ballot so as-to vote for "this straight republican ticketnnd me ?"

Several of the mongrel nominees willneed introductions to the public , but eventhen they will not. improve on closer ac-

quaintance. .

There Is boodle in the slot machines.Every councilman who votes to continuelicensing automatic gambling markshimself for suspicion.

Loss whisky and more bread and meatIn those cargoes bound for the Klondikegold fields might have satisfied morehunger even if It would not quench morethirst

"Weylcr's successor may count on awarm welcome to Cuba , but not quiteeo warm as 1C he had come earlier andIn time to enjoy a little of the midsum-mer

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heat. '

The resumption of the dally lists ofnow presidential appointments Is the In-

fallible¬

sign tliu. -. resident McKlnley I

again In Washington doing business atthe old stand-

.If

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the council can Increase the fire fundout of the general fund for reasons ofnecessity it can also put the street clean-ing

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department in position to keep thestreets clean-

.If

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Yelser makes that telephone con-nection

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.without using the State Hoardof Tranportatlon switch board he willturn a trick which nobody seems to havecounted upon.

Fusion , like burglary , Feeins to bo bestaccomplished In the midnight hourswhen sleep has overcome the watchersand empty benches permit the operatorsto do Just as they please.

Ohio has five state tickets in the field ,

With one more political party to hearfrom. That does not quite equal the No-

brnskn-

ballot , with seven state ticketsassured and others problematical.

Spain does not want to make any con-cessions

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to the Cuban Insurgents , buta nation , likeu man , often does thingswhen its pocketboolc la empty that Itwould not think of doing if it hud abund-ant

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cash on hand.

The railroad engineers agree with thecity engineer that the Sixteenth streetviaduct Is in a most dangerous condi-tion.

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. The only question at Issue Is theold interrogatory of Boss Tweed , Well ,

what iiru yon going to do about it ?

Bryan's specchmaklng tour of Ne-braska

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has been postponed. . The reasonfor the postponement was doubtless togive the farmers time to finish gather-Ing

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in their crops and find more leisure tolisten to calamity preaching by the greatsilver , sipostlfi.

That legislative investigating commit-tee

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promised a number of sensations Intime for election. So far all its so-calledsensational disclosures have fallen flatwhen subjected to the test of publicopinion. If the work of this committeeof tjuconters is to lie of service for cum-paIgn

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capital , the sensation :! should notbo much longer delayed.

IT n'ovi.n JIK-

A great many people who favor theannexation of the Hawaiian Islands donot consider the question of the probablecost of possessing that remote territory.They lake a more or loss sentimentalview of the matter , fancying that some-how

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It would ndd to the glory of thisrepublic to have these Pacific Islandsns part of Its domain. The Idea of hav-

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the United States "spread out" Is-

so pleasing to the average nnncxatlonlstthat he will not think of any of thepractical considerations Involved. Thecost of spreading out Is a matter ofsmall Importance to him-

.If

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the United States could acquirethese Islands without any other outlaythan the payment of the public debt ,

amounting to about ?4,000ODO , as pro-

vided¬

for In the. annexation treaty , thisexpenditure would not be a seriousmatter. Hut the payment of this debtwould be only n "drop In the bucket. "The Islands would have to be- fortifiedand this would require the expenditureof many millions of dollars. Then themaintenance of garrisons there wouldinvolve a considerable annual outlay.-Itesldes

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this we should have to keep In

Hawaiian waters n larger naval forcethan now. The fact that the dualgovernment has not been able to collectsulllclent from taxation to meet Its run-ning

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expenses may fairly be accepted asassurance that In maintaining a terri-torial

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government there n considerableshare of the expense would have to bopaid by the American people. The per-sons

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who represent the "substantial In-

terests"¬

of Hawaii referred to by Ad-

miral Ueardsleo as unanimously In favorof annexation would , If the Islands be-

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part of the United States , pay lesstoward the support of the local govern-ment

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than they are now doing.-

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western senator Is reported as say-Ing

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that the Hawaiian annexation treatywill encounter little opposition In thesenate and will be promptly ratltletl.Perhaps ho speaks authoritatively , butwo suspect that he underestimates theopposition to annexation , both In thesenate and In the country. And this op-position

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would grow If there were si

bettor understanding of what annexationwould cost.

TUB A'Kir CAHINBT.The new Greek cabinet appears to have

hearty popular support , but this factdoes not warrant the conclusion that itwill long retain public support. Thepreceding ministry was well received bythe people when It entered olllce , butIt was not very long before It fell intodiscredit and there was more or lessclamor against It until it resigned. M-

.Ualli.

, the head of the late cabinet , isnot so popular as his immediate pred-ecessor

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, M. Delynnnis , who will prob-ably

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never again be hoard of In connec-tion

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with the political affairs of theHellenic Kingdom , but Halll has lostprestige to an extent which Avill excludehim from prominent position In politicalaffairs for a long time.

The new premier , M. Zaimls , is nman of ability and of experiencein public affairs. He has a taskbefore him that will fully te t hisqualifications for the work of states ¬

manship. The position of Greece amongthe nations is clearly defined and It Is-

a, rather humiliating position-, though itmight be worse. The aim of her states-men should now be to build up thecountry by the development of its ma-

terial¬

resources and the expansion of itscommerce. The farther they keep alooffrom European politics the better It willbe for Greece. Her bitter experienceshould have taught her rulers and herpeople that the path of ] >eacc is the pathto national prosperity and to the world's-respect. . Doubtless the hard lessonlearned in a few weeks of war will notsoon bo forgotten certainly not while Itsburdens remain.J-

'llOPOKBD

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I'UltOllASK UP CUHA-

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plan of purchasing Cuba fromSpain Is again being discussed. Lateadvices from Havana state that It Isbelieved there that the government ofthe United States will propose thatSpain be paid $ .2UO000000 for her recog-nition

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of the independence uf Cuba. Thisindemnity to Spain would bo paid incash , the republic of Cuba Issuing bondsbased on customs receipts , the Indemnityto be guaranteed by this government ,

which would have the full managementand administration of the custom housesof Cuba until the total debt should bepaid to the shareholders of the loan.Several prominent Cuban loaders In NewYork are said to bo favorable to theplan , one of them observing that Itought to bo acceptable to all parties ,

though he regards the sum proposed to-

be paid as too large.The plan of buying Cuba Is not new.-

As.

long ago as 1831 a conference washold by the ministers of the UnitedStates accredited at London , Paris and.Madrid , nt which the purchase of Cubaby the United States was considered , Adispatch signed by the ministers Hn-

chunan-

, Mason and Soulo was sent tothe secretary of state , In which It wr.said : "Our past history forbids that woshould acquire the Island of Cuba with-out

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the consent of Spain , unless justifiedby the great law of solfpivservntlon.-Wo

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must , In any event, preserve ourown conscious rectitude and our self-respect.

-. After we shall have offered

Spain n price for Cuba far beyond Itspresent value am ] this shall h.ivo beenrefused It will then be tlmo to considerthe question , does Cuba , In the pos-session of Spain , seriously endanger ourinternal pence and the existence of ourcherished union ?" This was forty-threeyears ago , at which time there was a-

very strong sentiment in this country ,

chiolly in the south , in favor of theacquisition of Cuba.-

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course the present proposition Isdifferent from that of the Ostend mani-festo

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, since it contemplates the Inde-pendence

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of Cuba and not Its acquisitionby the United States , but the question is ,

will Spain bo any more disposed nowto part with the island for a moneyconsideration than she was in 1S54 ? It-is trim that ho is In n far worsefinancial condition now than she wasthen and that her resources are prettynearly exhausted , so that the sum of$200,000,000 would undoubtedly be very

helpful. Hut although financially bank-rupt

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and without credit , Spanish pridennd patriotism are as strong nnd virilens ever they have been nnd there Isevery reason to believe that those wouldlead Spain to reject , perhaps with Indig-nant

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resentment , the proposal that shesell the most valuable of her colonialpossessions. Nor Is It by any meanscertain that the Insurgents would acceptthe plan. They scorn to be confident oftheir ability to ultimately achieve theirindependence by force of arms and theywant the glory of accomplishing this ,

So feeling , It scorns quite Improbablethat they will agree to buy Independence

to make a financial transaction of It-

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far as the United States Is con-

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there are some practical consider-ations

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which might Justify It In guar-anteeing

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the payment of the holders ofCuban bonds , but It would be assuminga responsibility not without danger ofperplexing complications. We do notbellove the conservative Judgment of theAmerican people would approve a de-

parture¬

of this kind on- the part of thegovernment. In the meanwhile Spain ,

If her new prime minister Is correctlyreported , does not desire and will notaccept mediation.-

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IIUXKST MAX IX T11K COUHT-UOt'SK. .

For nearly six months County ClerkMel II. Itedlleld bus posed before thecommunity as the only honest man Inthe court hou.se. From the housetopand the stump he has proclaimed thathe and he alone stood at all times bi-

1tween-

the robbers and the taxpayers ,

nnd he alone protected the people fromfee extortionists and salary grabbers.The man who makes such loud profes-sions

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of honesty will always bear watch ¬

ing.Everybody In the community knows

that Itedlleld has boon closely Identifiedwith the gang of political holdups whofor years made barter and sale of publicotllces and votes In the city and county ,

but everybody does not know that theonly honest man In the court house hassystematically drawn money out of thecounty treasury to which he Is not by-

law entitled. The salary of the countyclerk , as fixed by law , is limited to-

Ui$ UO per annum , payable out of thefees of his ollko. The foes of the clerk'sotllce in Douglas county have for the histtwo years fallen short of S'J.iiOO , but Ued-

lleld¬

has drawn warrants for the fullamount under various devices not con-

templated¬

by tlie law.Although the statutes make It the duty

of comity clerks to act ns the clerk ofthe Board of County Commissioners ,

Itedfleld has credited himself with ? -tOO-

a year as clerk of the county board.This salary grab is more glaring inview of the fact that the county pays$1)0) a month for the man who performsthe duties of clerk to the board whichItedlleld is paid to perform , and in ad-

dition¬

thereto if.'O a month for n ste-nographer

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, who is doing other clericalwork that by law devolves upon thecounty clerk. The only honest man inthe court .house charges extra feqs forsending duplicate orders and documentsprepared by the !? .

" ) stenographer , whenthis work should be done by himselfwithout extra charge.

The county clerk is required by law toprepare the tax list , yet he has insistedon the county paying the salaries offour men for six months and two menpermanently for this purpose.

The law requires the clerk to prepareelection proclamations and to attend to

the details of the election machinery ,

but the only honest man ln the court-house credits himself with extras forthis work and charges it up to fees inorder to bring tlie receipts of his olllce-up to the ? 2.rjOO limit-

.It.

will also be remembered that theonly honest man In the court house , notcontent with one salary Illegally Inflated ,

had himself placed on the city pay rollas a member of tlie park commissionand drew two salaries at the samo'timeuntil lie began to figure for his renomi-nation on a platform of A. 15. C. reform.

With those specimen bricks of super-fine

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honesty before thorn the taxpayersof Douglas county will take Mr. Ued-

field's-

high-sounding self-praise at whatIt Is worth.

And now we are Informed by the organof bogus reform that members of an-A. . 15. C. reform club decline to partici-pate in the proceedings of their repub-lican ward club , although present at itsmeeting In the role of speclntors. Thisis an open confession that the A. 1 ! . C'swere organized under false pretenses as-

an adjunct to the popocratlc combinationand with the express object of knifingrepublican candidates. The honest re-

publicans¬

who were misled Into joiningthe A , 15. C's have no longer any excusefor lending aid and comfort to the rene ¬

gades.

Senator Fornker continues to put Inwords and work for the republican ticketin Ohio , regardless of the stories con-

cocted¬

by the popocrats to the effectthat he has turned his back upon theparty managers and nominees. ThatSenator Fornker Is worrying the Ohiopopocrats mightily Is proved conclusivelyby their anxiety to create false Impres-sions about his attitude toward the re-

publican¬

ticket.

The two bond propositions submittedby the county commissioners this yearare both meritorious. One provides fortaking iii the outstanding poor farmclaims and will effect a great savingin interest. The other authorizes theIssue of $100,000 of bonds in aid of theexposition. The Importance of ratifyingboth propositions must not bo under ¬

estimated.

Only S-l.WX) of the $10,000 appropria-tion

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remains nt Urn disposal of the legis-lative

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investigating committee. lint theinvestigators have their eye on It and thetaxpayers may rest tranquil that no con-

siderable¬

part of It will bo allowed toget away from them. i

It ought to be nbout time for tlie gov-ernor

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nnd state board to make anothermove In the matter of the Homo for theFriendless. The legislature passed n lawussuuilug tlie management of that in-

stltutton to tire slnte , but the law hasnever been enfufed.-

Orrnt

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In Their liny.-ChlcaRo

.Chronicle.

Ono of the toji j lucidly ami elaboratelyhandled nt thoIoiirth nmtial convocston ofmothers In HtdtlijH hall was ciltctl "ActlvoAgents In Child Training , " but , stratiRO tosay , from beginning" to end of the discussionon this topic iiuuincntlon Is made of theold-fashlonci ! shlhkrb or carpet slipper-

.CooliNiire

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Annexation IN In.-

I'li'htMo'llihln.

ledger.-Krlcr.ils

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of irsVall.in annexation are say-IriR

-very confidently that the treaty to that

effect will bo ratified soon after the ncnitdr-econvenes. . Hut they are giving no flgurraand mentioning no names In support ot theassertion , and It Is evident that the wish Isfather to the thought. The more clearly theHawaiian annexation scheme Is understoodthe more reason there appears to be for thesuspicion that It Is one the controlling1 mo-tive

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of which is sinister , sordid and for ¬

bidding.

Improved ltulin-N Affair * .I'lillndelphtn IlecorJ.

Nothing better Indicates the betterment'In business affairs than the Increased In-

ternal¬

revenue receipts of the federal treas-ury.

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. Up to this time the revenue train thinsource exceeds that of the correspondingmonths of last year by $6,000,000-.ThU

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Increase serves hi some meaj-uro

-to make Icia palpable the fail-

ure¬

of the revenue from customs. TheOXCCHI of expenditures over receipts for Sep-tember

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will not be much greiter than $3,000-000

, -, bringing the deficit for the first quarter

of the fiscal year to $28,000,000-

.Tlio

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Ii-rlKiillnii .tin ve me lit.-

InilUnniiolls.

Xeus.The meeting of the National Irrigation

congress at Lincoln , Neb. , Is one of thehealthful signs ot the times. The farmersof Kansas mid Nebraska bavu given too lit-tle

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attentlan n the past to the subject of-

Irrigation. . There are sotno years when Inboth stales Irrigation is not necessary , butoven In tlirae years It would materlilly In-

crease¬

the crops , and in dry years It wouldsave thorn from destruction. Investigationsof the subject made by the federal govern-ment

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show that much of the laud known as-"arid" can be reclaimed and made highlyproductive by Irrigatlou , but It will requirelargo -sums of money. When farmers as-aomblo

-In convention to iMscuss the subject

there Is much ciuso for hope that It will re-colvo

-the consideration 11 deserves-

.fteneroiiN

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Trentim-iit of I

Chicago Tribune.The city of Atlanta , Oa. , appears to have

brought a great deal of unfriendly criticismupon Itself from southern cities by Its gen-erous

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course In offering an asylum to ref-ugees

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from the fever-stricken districts onthe gulf cost. of the north whohave never faced an epidemic of yellow fevercan have little conception of the alarm whicha visitation of the disease causes in a com-munity

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where Its ravages have been onceexperienced. Ta them , therefore , the courseof the Atlanta people seems wcrthy ot allpraise. Keeling Efecure from Infection on ne-count of their elevated location , they havegenerously opened their dcors to residentsof other cities who have lied from their Inmcs-to escape the pestllen'tie , aud It Is to bo hopedthat nothing will occur to caufo them torepent their gonerbus action.

Slid AivnlvcitliiK from llrrnniN.-Kilning

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City Star.The sad expedience of the Llberlan colo-

nists¬

who left this country In the spring of1800 hould serve to admonish otlu'ra againstputting fait'n Iri the specious promise of for-eign

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land spoeulators. These colonists con-sisted

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of a bodj * of flegroM who were prom-ised

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liberal grdnts "ot fertile land In con-sideration

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of Ihcatlhg In Liberia. Therewere 315 ot them and after the lapse of morethan a year two'tamHle have reached Liver-pool

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on their way home. These returningpilgrims state * the lands given thornwere absolutely worthless and that duringtheir residence On'them all sorts ot sufferingshave been1 endd'red.--Half thu number arealready Wc'ad'-snd'the otherannro exertingevery meaner to got 'tuck'though with mea-ger

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hope of success. The truth is that theplan of solving tire race problem by coloniz-ing

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the negroes of America In any countryof different climate than that !ra which theywere reared Is not only Ineffective but cruel.

The .Hoon millNew York Hun-

.Hon..

. Weather Wiggins of Montreal Is hav-ing

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his regular fall attack of storm. Themoon la giving him a good deal of trouble.Today she Is to be In conjunction withJupiter and Mercury , besides crossing thecelestial equator. On Monduy she has an ap-pointment

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with Mars. Various other datesand junctions and conjunctions indicate tothe sl < 5'-readlng eye of Mr. Wiggins that aline old elemental hullabaloo la at hand.-

"I.anS.

nlnlit the moon h.nil a ROlden rlns,

Anil tonlKht no nicun we pee. "It Is Impossible not to venerate the in-

dustry¬

of Hon. Weather Wiggins. ''Helaunches so many prophecies that some timesome of them may float. Still , whl'cve haveconfidence In the Industry ot Mr. Wiggins ,

we also have confidence In the moon. Themoon always goes over her route and be-

sides¬

she Is the goddess of the silver men.Consequently she must bo trustworthy ,

calumnies to the contray notwithstanding.Neither the moon nor Wiggins ought to' bodistrusted by Ingenuous souls-

.I'KAHV'S

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MI3TKOIHTI2.

A Mouxler Chunk of Iron from ( lie SUy-by AViiy of Cireenliinil.-

St..

. Inuis Globe-Uemociat.Lieutenant Peary Is bringing back from

the northwestern coast of Oreonland ameteorite that for size reduces all other ob-

jects¬

of the kind to Insignificance. The CapeYork meteorite , as It Is called , Is twelvefeet long and eight feet wide , and weighsabout 100 tons , or about thirty-three timesmoro than the largest now in the UnitedStates. Meteorites are of thrro classss ,

those composed wholly of Iron ; those inwhich Iron and earthy matter are mixedand thcflo entirely of Rtone , the last beingby far the most common. In tno Cipo Yorkmetcorlto Iron Is : no chief Ingredient , withHomo nickel anil traces of copper and tin.Its texture resembles the tough nlckellfcrousIron used for armor In war ships , and labelieved to bo throughout a perfect speci-men

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of crystalline structure. There are le-

gends¬

of larger meteorites , but thuy havenever been found. The depression In CanyonDiablo , . , nearly a milu In diameter and100 feet deep , Is attributed to an enormoimmeteor , but the largest fragment picked up-In the vicinity , ,14'fllghs but half <i ton.When the great pfpenland specimen roachesIts future resting piaco In the AmericanMuseum of Natifral History , New York , Itwill bo a steady'Jdttrrfctlon for visitors ,

It Is asserted tliat ilO.OOO.OOO meteors reachthe atmosphere tf itb r earth every day , com ¬

ing from Interstellar space , where the tem-ic'uture

-Is 400 degrees below zero , On strik-

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the outer oWVt| 'Ihls planet the frictioncauses a heat JfTSOW,000 degrees , and themissile , flying 2.SQO Dulles a minute , Is In-

ftautly-

converted'futn gas. Hut occasionallythe muss of the meteor Is BO great that someof It reaches thtftiHa , becoming visible at-a distauco of 100 miles. No substance un-known

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on the ""EMItt lias been found In-

meteorites. . Iron Is their predominant metal.They have ebowp Imbedded diamonds , but no-gold. . The fragments are occasionally scat-tered

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over an area'ofmtles' , a fact proved bytheir tilting Intni-oayh other. Greenland'smeteorites werefirst heard of through tbonatives , who tipped their weapons with thetough Iron tent from the skies.-

A.

swarm of meteorites is supposed totravel around th, " Jjucv aa small bodies , andtheir Journey la uninterrupted until they gettoo near a larger body , which usually re-sults

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In their passing Into the gateous state.-l2ay

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f stronomcrs hold that meluora are frag-ments of comets , and that a comet Itself Isbut a large meteor , with a tall ot reflectednight. One of the most remarkable meteorsof modern times burst over the City ofMadrid , February 10 , 1S9G. The glare wastillnding , though the sun wan high , and thenoiEO was deafening , Several buildings fell ,

and the city was violently shaken. Thephenomenon was visible throughout morothan half of Spain , and meteoric fragmentswere picked up In several places. Eminentgeologists contend that the structure of theearth la similar In materials to that ofmeteorites , and that the central mass IB

Iron and other heavy metals , In a moltencondition at present.

I'OMTIOAI. S'SA.P SHOTS.

Minneapolis Journal ; The Nebraska re-publican

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* have very properly protestedagainst the use of the name "silver repub-lican"

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on the ticket of the free coinagelfi-to-1 fellows , who acceded from the repub-lican

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party and have repudiated republicanprinciples. It Is a piece of unparalleled Im-pudence

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for them to usn the name repub-lican

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, They are not republicans , but popu-llals.

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St. Louis Olobc-DemocrAt ! Henry George-was a traveling newspaper correspondentlast year , and wrote to his paper that llryanwould receive largo majorities In Towa , Illi-nois

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, Minnesota and New York. Those stateswent republican In the order named by 05-S52

, -, 143.09S , 53,875 and 268469. Mr. George

should take steps to prove that his theoriesof government are bettor than his predlc-tlons. .

Philadelphia Leader : Populism In Kansasreceives n sotb.ick when It comes In contai-with the courts where populist judges donot preside. Judge Williams' rebuke of tboInsurance ! superintendent's arbitrary pollcj-as "an assumption ot authority In a ministorlal ofllccr that Is startling , " together withhis permanent Injunction restraining thaofficial from Interfering with the businessof eastern companies , will have a salutaryeffect on the vainglorious assumptions ot thepopulist placo-holdcrs.

Philadelphia Hccord : Thu national laborconvention voted down a resolution advlelnu ,

striking workmen to arm themselves to reelsthe compulsory maintenance of order , be-

cause , It was argued , It would be poor polic )to glvu the people warning beforehandami It voted for a free silver amendmcu-to Its platform , because the western dele-gates

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announced that unless the amendmentshould be adopted no moro money would becontributed from the weal to help easten-strikers. . Policy , not principle , seems to bo-

thu governing consideration In labor con-

ventions¬

ns well as In some other convcn-tlons wo re-id about-

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lUKHJATlOV COXVI8XTIOV.

New York Mall and Express : More Inter-est

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than ever will be taken this year In theNational Irrigation Congress , which beganIts proceedings yesterday at Lincoln , NebThe east Is becoming more familiar with theImportance to Its own markets and to thefuture relict of Its surplus population ofthe opening to settlement of the vast ex-panses

¬

ot territory , estimated to amount toabout 40 per cent ot the total area of theUnited States , which need only a supply ofwater to be made prolltably fertile. The ex-

haustion¬

of the supply of free public landthat Is already tillable will aid In callingpublic attention , east as well as west , tothose vast and undeveloped regions.

Minneapolis Tribune : The recout Irriga-tion

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convention In Lincoln , Neb. , may nothave accomplished any direct practical re-

sults¬

, but It has served to call attention againto the actual needa of portions of severalof the great agricultural states of the west.For It cannot bo denied that there are regionsIn the western Dakotas , In Kansas , Nebraskaand Wyoming where sufliclent moleture can-

not¬

bo rolled upon from year to year to In-

sure¬

the proper maturing of the crops. Sofar as the DaUotas are concerned they havethe remedy right at baud In the unques-tioned

¬

artesian supply which extends underthe greater part of both states , and whichIn many localities has already been utilizedto good advantage. The chief thing to con-

sider¬

, however , L? ai feasible method of gen-

eral¬

application to the surface which shallnot prove too expensive to the farmer ofsmall meins.

Chicago Times-Herald : Congress hasvoted millions aud millions'of acres of landfor the purpose of building the great con-

tinental¬

lines of railway , and the peoplehave sanctioned that bounty. Such worksare of national value and confer a benefiton all the people. The same may bo saidof the reclamation ot tbcise arid lands. Itconcerns all the people , because the produceof those lauds reaches Uio markets of thewhole country. The fruits and vegetablesgrown on the Irrigated lands of California ,

New Mexico and Arizona have alreadygreatly Increased and cheapened the health-ful food supply , and brought It within thereach of the humblest puise. The thing to-

ho <lone Is for congress to bestow on tboseveral sta.es concerned the public landsthat lie within their borders , on tbo condi-tion

¬

of reclamation. These lands wouldafford an ample revenue for the maintenanceof Irrigating works of the best and mostenduring kind , and the states could adopt agenerous policy In granting the lands thatwould encourage actual settlement and thusincrease their population. This is the truepolicy for the leaders In this great move-ment

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to adopt , and wo are sorry the Lincolnconvention did not tome out squarely Insupport of it.

IMSIlSOXAlj AXIJ OTIIISItWISIi : .

In the present emergency It Is highlyprobable that It Mrs. Luctgert would re-turn

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all would bo forgiven.The proposition to annex Greenland to the

UnltPd States Is rer-flved with cheerfulcoolness ir. Ii-c pcudllng circles.

The stories about the poverty of MarkTwain are definitely contradicted. He Is atVienna with an Interesting case ot gout.

Denmark would probably bo willing to sellGreen land cheap , now that Peary nas car-ried

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off about the only valuable thing therewas ! in the country.

The prolonged silence regarding affairsaround IChyber pass suggests that possiblythe usual efficacious ointment got In Itswork on Mad Mullah's Itching palm.-

Kllon.

Terry, saya that to retain youth andbaauty one must work till tired , sleep tillrested , have plenty of fresh air , live In coojrooms , take a dally sponge bath and eat thesimplest food.

Toronto hotels have been bothered by aman who persists Jn putting six names onthe register and ordering six rooms , al-though

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uu one accompanies him and horepresents nobody but himself.-

Hobert.

Plerle , the lord mayor of nelfafct ,

Ireland , aud president of the Harlan &

Wolff Shipbuilding company , who Is now vis-iting

¬

In this country , Is about 50 yearsold , and has traveled nearly all over theworld.

Down In Buffalo , defiplte the Illuminepower of electricity , the principal commend-

ation¬

of a candidate for mayor Is that "hohas never voted anything but the regularilumocratie ticket. " A chronic case of "yol-low"

-fever.-

Hon..

. Jerry Simpson of Kansas and EddyDurko of Omaha substantially agree that thecountry Is going to the ilomultlon bowwows.-Aa

.

both draw their salaries with cheerfulregularity the situation isn't bad enough toget rod-headed over.-

Mr.

.

. Ashbol P. Fitch , comptroller of thecity of New York , Is nn artist In throw-ing

¬

political somersaults and landing onhis feet and In olllce. In ten years lie haschanged parties three times , aud scarcelylost an hour out of olllce.

Lake City , Fla. . has set out to make thedancer pay the llddler In a novel way. Thetown has appointed a single night watch-man

¬

aud decreed that ho shall bo paid at-thu rate of 2.50 'or each arrest made , theprlboner to furnish the money.

Milton G. Walker , a well known negro of-

Doston , lias been awarded honorary mem-bership

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In the council of the' Doston Con-servatory

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of Music. Ho was born a Hlavo-In Augusta , Ga. , In 1847. Ho has alwaystaken an Interest 'In music and Is veryproficient on the piano.-

Prof..

. S , N. Hopkins , who has just beenappointed territorial superintendent ofpublic Instruction and ex-ofllclo auditor ofOklahoma , Is about 40 years of age , andwout to Oklahoma from Iowa , where hewas a teacher for a number of years andcounty superintendent for three terms. Hehas been superintendent of the KIlcnoschools eight years , secretary of the Ter-ritorial

¬

Hoard of Health three years , Ispresident of the Territorial Teachers' as-sociation

¬

, and, was almost unanimously In-

dorsed¬

by the educational people of theterritory-

.IrishAmerican.

societies of Washingtonhave protested against the omission of thename of Tom Moore from the list of bardswhoso memory U to bo perpetuated In tab-leta

-en the walls'of the new library of conV-

Kress. . The reason assigned for the omission1s that Moore , while taking first rank as a-molodlflt , did not possess the pootlc flrik-tosuch a lofty degree as did Dyron , or Shelley ,or Browning , who represent Kngland's poeticfame la tne library memorial tablets. Sim-ilar

¬

action waa taken In Omaha when thelibrary building was under way , althoughMooro's name appeared on one of tbo win-dow

¬

tablets in the original drawings of ( be-building. .

TAKES A SIIOTnHN TO HIS IVOIUC-

.Mlnlnter

.

Who TroiiiMCM to Protectlllnmeir.-

ST..

. LOUIS , Oct. 4. Ucv. II. J. KcllOKK ,pastor of little Congregational church In-

Denvcrsldo , not far from Bast St , Ixmls , on-tbo Illinois side of the river. Is building nparsonage under the protection of a double-barreled

-

shotgun. Nov. Kellogg WAS

formerly pastor of the Summit avenueMethodist Kplscopal church of Hast St.Louis. He put $ COO of hla money Into theDenvcrsldo building and was ordered toturn It over ml go elsewhere. The Con-gregatlonallsts

-bought the church and ho

was made Its permanent pastor. Ho wanteda parsonage. The congregation was too poorto build him one. Ho said ho would buildIt himself , with what help 'ho could getfrom the congregation nnd others.Monday a week ngo U. C. Palmer , n olllcer-ot the carpenters' union , demanded thatnonunion men be discharged nnd union mentaken In their places.-

"I.

have no objection to employing unionmen. " said Uev. Mr. Kellogg , "but I willnot discharge my neighbors to make placesfor others , "

While at work olono on the parsonageMr. KellogR has been assaulted by n gangof seven ; cn , who compelled him to dis-continue

¬

work for the time being. He se-cured

-a shotgun , and hereafter he will take

it to the building and keep It handy forInstant use should another attack ba madeon 'him. Thcso facts became public todaywhen Hev. Mr , Kellogg went to East St.Louis and applied for warrants.-

I'MSY

.

' TO lIUIliU IXTO KI.OMHICH-

.lloiiie

.

from Cniiiiilliin rncllle > ColilKlelilMol HIllliMilt.

SAN rilANCISCO , Oct. 4. The construc-tion

¬

of a railroad from Vancouver , or fromsome point east ot that place on the Cana-dian

¬

Pacific line to Uawson City and theKlondike country In general , will not bo a-

very dlnicult or expensive undertaking In theopinion of Collnwood Schrleber of Ottawa ,

who Is now In the city. He has arrived witha party of Ottawa people , including New-comb , deputy minister ot Justice. In dis-cussing

¬

the building of a road to Dnwaon ,

Mr. Schrleber said two surveys arn now be-ing

¬

made from different points on the Ca-nadian

¬

Pacific. The latter company Is mak-ing

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ono of the surveys and the governmentIs making the other.

The chief object of the deputy minister'swestern visit Is to Inspect the progress otwork on the Crows Nest Pass railroad , whichvirtually means another Canadian transcon-tinental

¬

railroad. The government hasgranted It a subsidy ot $10,000 a mile. It-

Is being built by way of Nelson on LakeKootenal , and will run through the Uosslandmining district. It Is undecided yetwhether or not the new overland Hue willhe extended west to tidewater or join tboCanadian Pacific at Hope , which is eighty-eight miles east ot Vancouver. The totallength ot the line will be snout COO miles.-

IIMOX

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5IH.V I113PUHIAT13 AXAHCHV.

Decline l > I'lirdelpiite 111 Celebrationfor Kveeiited AitnrelilnlM.

CHICAGO , Oct. 4. Anarchists who are ar-

ranging

¬

for a demonstration In memory of

the in on executed for the Haymarket massacrehave dropped a bomb , so to speak , Into thecouncil of the Chicago Federation ot Labor ,

by asking for the official Indorsement and co-

operation¬

of union labor. The invitationstirred up a half hour's violent debate. Theexecuted men were declared to have beenboth the brothers and enemies of man asfast as succeeding speakers could get the floorand express themselves. At length the highC"unolf of union labor went upon lecord by-

rr.iudl.Ulng any Implied fraternity betweenunionism and anarchy , and flatly refused totake any part In the coming exercise-*. TheInvitation to take part In the memorial serv-ices

¬

was rejected by a vote of about four to-

one. . After the vote a majority of the an-

archistic¬

element left the hall In a body.The anarchists will hold the memo-lal meet-ing

¬

as usual , but It Is expected the gatheringwill be a tame nffalr.

HOW THU XATIV1CS FKKI * .

Kent lliMViillnii Opinion on ( lie 1'ro-l OMe ] AniieviiHon.

Springtide ! ( Maes. ) Itcpubllcan-.Heforc

.

wo arc done with It , the parlousattempt to moke the Hawaiian Islands Amer-ican

¬

territory should bo considered from thestandpoint of the Ilawailans themselves.How do these 40,000 natives view it ? Theyform nearly one-half of the population andare about fifteen times In excess of theAmericans who now form a small but selectcapitalistic class of mldoccan oligarchs.

Early this month , jusi before the Hawaiiansenate ratified the annexation treaty , a massmeeting of natives was held on Palacesquare In Honolulu to protest against whatIhey understand to be tbo open-handed rob-bery

¬

of their country. They were genuinenatives. If we may Judge by the namesof the olllcors and speakers of the occasion.The chairman was J. K. Kaunamano , andamong those on the stand were J. K. Kaulla ,

president of the Aloha Alna society ; Kalauo-kalanl

-

, president of the Kalal Alna society ;

Llllkalanl , and others. The leading spcak-ere wore Messrs. Kaulla and KalauokalanI ,

and wo wish to call attention to tbo special) olnts they made agulnst the annexation

scheme. It was the central thought of boththat annexation meant thu rapid extinction

f the Hawaiian race. Mr. Kaulla said :

"Wo have been told over and over againby some people what a g.od thing annexa-tion

¬

will bo for these Islands- the laud ofour birth ; but I tell you , If wo ever getannexation to the United States , wo mayconsider ourselves In the position ot beingburled alive , rorelgiiers will pour In hero ,

and then , my friends , to what place willwe be scattered ? ( Answer from the people :

"To the mountains. " )

If we are annexed today , the morrowwill bring us no good. Not so with therich people , the men In power today. Theywill reap the harvest. Our profit will be-

where ? Our giln will be from what source ?

Let us stand apart aud against this measurehat Is so obnoxious to us , for If the people

with the white skins como they will takeeverything. You know that. It Is the his-

tory¬

of all times. "Mr. Kaulla went on to express bis con-

Ideilce-

in the people of the United Stateswho , bo believed , would not depart fiom-ho path of justice and deprive the Ha-

wallans-

of their country It they realizedmw strongly the natives are opposed to-

hu treaty. Hut the poor man may not( now the people of the United States. The

speech of Mr. Kalauokalanl , which fol-

owid-

, revealed In a slgnllloant way thegreat dread that haunts the minds of thelawallan people. Ho said :

"This Is our land , Wo arc the people andthis Is where wo belong. Are you in favorof giving your country to another , U al-

ow

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yourselves to bo swallowed up by-

anothtr and lose your Identity , without a-

iroiestlng voice ? In other words , do youvant annexation ? ( CrUs of "no , no ! " ) Shall

wo remain Independent ? ( Cries of "Yes ,

yes. " ) To tell you truly , It shall profit usmilling to be annexed. Wo are under a-

epubllc now and wo are getting no good ,

f we go under another republic we may getvorso. ( Whispers of "Tho fate of the In-

Hans.

-. " ) When we are thrown Into the

Jnlted States , then the deluge. ""Tho fate of the Indians ! " The native

lawallans , It appears , are "up" on the his-

ory-

of the red man In America and to themannexation portends tbo name deathly of-

irutallty , wrong and final extermlnatlciu-vhlch has been and utlll IB tbo lot of thendlans to suffer. Arc they not well Justifiedn this fear ? No ono can deny that the

natives are regarded by the Americans u *

in Inferior race doomed to dwindle and dieaway In contact with the "stronger race. "s'o ono can deny that in all the discussion

of this annexation question the future of the10,000 natives hardly receives a moment's

serious consideration from the advocates of-

ho treaty. The IBwallans are doomed , wocalmly say , and wd know well , as these na-

Ive-

orators have pointed out , that they have10 future under the American flag. Korty-liousaml human beings are to bo exter-

minated¬

, slowly but surely , and for what

The candid editor of the Hawaiianreveals to us the whole secret In a remark-able

¬

editorial upon tbo ratification by tboHawaiian senate of the annexation treaty ,

In which bo describes tbo feelings of thedifferent races regarding tbo senate's act.-

To.

the native , ho writes , "the philosophy1 of-blttory , tbo sequence of events , U quite be-

yond¬

hi * thought. " "The very few remiln-

ing mlnMonarlrfl nee In U the wheel * of thejttKKcrjiaitt of modern progress , pasMng overthe llttlo autonomy which they labored to-

crento nnd preserve , and present to theworld , with romantic faith , ns a PolynesianNew England In the tropics , " Hut "thorecent Anglo-Saxon , " for whom the wholebusiness Is contrived and done this ono ,what thinks he ? And the Hawaiian editoranswers :

"With llltlo Interest In Its history , nolove for Its traditions , ho sees In It above nilthings a firmer footing for tbo god 01)) theworld gold which cve-n the atheists do notdeny. lie tees Iti the net of ratification awriting over every mountain aud valley slite ,'Good business chances here. " "

That Is the secret of It , "Good businesschances here" for a few. The great work-Ing

-class of America will fmd! no El Dorado

In Hawaii , for thp Chlneso and Japanese h.ivoconquered the Hawaiian labor market Hutthe capitalist , the sugar planter , the cofTcoking , with millions to Invest , will find "goodbusiness chances" there-

.13.IM3Itnil3XTI

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< i WITH TH13 11I3.V-

P.Covoriiiir

.

llolcomli nnil the Imrr-Kiiinll| >

- to Illninc.-TJin

.North Dakota Hauner , published by

the students of the School for the Deaf atDevil's , N. 1) . , comments ns follows onthe removal of Prof. Glllcsple from thesuperlutcndency of the Nebraska Deaf nndDumb Institute.

The Omaha Heo , one of the leading dal ¬

lies ot Nebraska , b.is the following to saynnont the forced retirement of Prof. 011-lesplo

-, who has foi nineteen years been the

superintendent of the Nebraska school :"Placing the hclpleso InmaUw of the

State Institution for the Deaf and Dumbunder the charge of a man who knows noth-ing

¬

about them , nnd had no experiencewhatever with thp care or Instruction ofdeaf nnd dumb people , la almost the saimi-as robbing these p.or people of the educa-tion

¬

to glvo them which the taxpayers havepaid Yet this In whit Governor Holcomb-1ms done In otxlcr to provide a lucrative Jobfor A political favorite. "

While wo believe that Governor Holcowb-Is to blame for this change , In that hoallowed pjllUcs and not Justice to governhim In this matter. wi< bclluvc the lawsof Nebraska are also to blame In placingsuch a power In the hands of one man. Ourown slate lisa arranged this matter In thefollowing way :

The board of trustees appoints the super-intendent

¬

, but restricted by the followinglaw : "Tho principal shall bo a capable per-son

¬

, skilled In the sign language and allthe methods In use in educating tlie deaf ,

and shall have knowledge of the wants andrequirements of the deaf In their propertraining and Instruction. "

TAI'PIM. ! TIII3 KUXXV 111X13.(

Indianapolis Journal : "Any spicy featuresIn the new play ? "

"Woll , " the lady answered , "John had bismouth full of cloves. "

Puck : "What is an octopus , anyhow ? ""An octopus Is a monster which Is found

chiefly iu political speeches. "

Chicago Record : "You don't Rcom to mindthe courting going on In your olllce. "

"No ; the typewriter girls that spell theworst get married lirst. "

Detroit Krco Press : She Don't you adorethe first touches of autumn ?

He Yes , If they ore not financial.

Typographical Journal : Kdwlua Don'tyou think short skirts make a woman lookshorter ? "

K'tliol Yes ; but they make the men looklonger.

Truth : Hlzzley You must dislike New-comb very much.

Grizzly I hate him as llcrccly as a barberhates a bald-headed man with n full beard.

Chicago Tribune : "Hegorra , " exclaimedMr. O'Hoollhnn , "I iln't blame the pcoplu-av Hosansville f'r rebellln' flgln a naygur-po4tmaslhr ! They'd aythcr have to do thator change the name iav their dom'd town. "

Plttsburg Chronicle : "Tho deceased hadpartaken freely of Welsh rabbits only a fewhours before he died. " testified ono ot thewltnc.ises at the Inquest-

."They.

must have been graveyard rabbits , "commented tbo coroner.

Detroit Journal His hand was upon hissword-

."I.

pray you , Reginald , " she exclaimed ,do not kill my father. "'ihe youth knit his knightly brows-."It

.

:iou do , " she protested , shuddering ,

"It will almost certainly become known tothe noifihb.rs here that I am a bride. "

To protect her terrible secret bo woulif-orbear. .

WADIILY. 'i

Itiltlmme World.When Soaklev hies him to tbo club ,

Despite his wife's persuadln' ,Ho comea home In the wee sma' hours ,

Full Jagged and deeply laden.-Ho

.

cannot work the front door key.And crawls upon his knees ,

And when ho tries to walk upstalraHis

KootstepsAre like ' '

These-

.AMKKIUAX

.

UXITY..-

TnMi

.

. Kenililck Hanoi In Hnrper'n Weekly.Monotonous our land ? Perhaps. It seemedTo mo much more so than I'd over dreamed.Prom east to west , from west to cast , the

aaniu.Yet why selzo on our sweetest , grandest

claimAs though It were reproachful to our name ?

Why not look on the other side , and sayHero Is a clan ? Nat founded for a day ,

Jlut , "ppltD the hopes of enemies , or foara-Of friends , or prophecies of errant seers ,

A compaH made for the eternal years !

Monotonous ? 'Tla true. The glory of oufland ,

The people are the same on every hand ,

Kor nearly half the earth , from east towest ,

Wo are the same , praise God ! Ilo It con ¬

fessed-.There's

.

ono wbo deems "monotony" thebtst-

.Tls

.

union ! Brotherhood ! A splendid clanlWhere all men meet , and gather man to

man ,

Ah ! when It comes to nations , glvo moThis gift of God this wondrous unity ,

Involved In your reproach , 'Monotony !

NOW ON EXHIBITION AT-

TI1H PUBLIC UIJIUH-

Ylth! ) nnd Ilarnoy strcott ) , from 10 a , in ,until l () p. m. Tho-

.JOHNSON. COLLECTIONof HKiH CLASS EUROPEAN

PAINTlWiS

from the carols of thu inojt-cd musters of thu present diiy-coinprUliii {

KlKUrou , IjnmUcupos , Marino Yluwx , Klowen *,I'rultu , otc.

ADMITTANCE 2So

Under tlio atispicoa of the Western ArtAssociation.-

A.

few of the artluts rnproaotitod-A. . Tainlmrlnl , t'lorencej U. Itlnuldl , rioi nc

Prof. . U Hteffanl , Ploraicn ; A , Koppl , Clortncvt-O. . Ualll. Florence ; U. Turrlnl , Klorcnoej 1 % Mu *.eanl , Kloitnce ; I'rof. U , I'lltz , Munich ; 1'rul,V. Urtllcb , Munich ; I'rof , Carl illtz , Munich ; O.11. Kotchl-nrtltrr , Munich ; ] ; , Mliel , Munich ;

irn; t Muller , Munich ; Mariano llarlmian , llomt*J. J. (iurate. Kuinu ; A. Kent , Itomu ; V. Kuril ,Jtoim ; 1 * iJinckow , Home ; J'rof. Boatful , Homo ;Alfred Htcvcnn , I'arlt ; Vun HcliuU-n. I'alli ; Uellm-Helltcour. . 1'arln ; Victor ( lllbert , 1'arla ; U Jiun.-nln

., Turin ; I'aul Helgnuc , 1'arU ; Ucu , lldiiuetto ,

rails ; K. Hlcliler , 1'arU ; A. 1lot. I'arU ; l.ulxt-Loir. . I'arli ; Charles IVmdelle , Paris ; l.iuI-tm , 1'urli ; I> I'trrjut.: I'erli ; J , Oeljbtit I'arij ;

Otto lie Tlioien , 1'arU ; I.. Japy , 1'arU ; A. Hut-Lor.

-.' , 1'arU ; A. Gilbert , I'arlt ; Jean Uernuud ,

J'arli I', urolleron , 1'urli ; Lfroy , I'arli , anilmany othern I do numeroui to mention lu un ad*vcrtUtmtot.