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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25
BISHOPS WITTY REToRT.
His Reply to the Archdeason Disconcert-
ed His Superior.

San Francisco Argonaut
The bishop was very fond Of n cigar,
but the archdeacon detested smoking.
and denounced 1t as unolerical. Perhaps
modern taste may consider a cigar and a
shovel hat. or yard OF clay and silk
apron, rather incongruous. Anyhow tho
bishop usually retired to secluded part
of the Episcopal garden to enjoy his
weed. Here he was detected one day by
the vigflant archdeacon. who. surveying
him from the terrace above, exclaimed
"Ah, bishop. so have caught you burn-
ing inoense TO the devilr' The bishop ex-
PEELED great Whit OF blue snohs n~f
exclaimed in his deep, resonant voice.
But didn't know he was so nearI''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25
WHIST

Long and Short Suit Loads Some New
Rules Recommended by the American
Whist League Committee-NOte What
Fisher Ames Says About y Thirtecner.
Foxy Leads and Their Danger.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08

Internal revenue service and In the
custodian service In the public buildings
throughout the country. The secretary
further makes certain miRor suggestions in
regard to the power Of transfer and appoint
ment.
strangely enough, In spite Of the fact that
these recommendations are male in direct
response to a resolution which cDulu not be
ignored without contempt OF the senate. GER
tain enemies OF the System in,emporately as
sailed the secretaries for appealing to con-
gress for relief which the president himself
has full authority to grant In point OF fact
no secretary asks for any "relief" Aware
OF the intention OF congress to investigate
and overhaul the civil service system, the
cabinet officers, complying with an explicit
request for Information, state what changes
they deem desirable. II congress should
leave matters in status quo. 1t is quite prob
able that the notifications suggested will be
made by the president on his own RESPONSE
bility.
1t is important to bear in mind that the
suggestions of the secretaries have absolutely
nothing to do with the warfare upon civil
service by the spoilsmen in congress. The
latter care nothing about the efficiency OF the
service; they simply want jobs for the hun
cry, and political capital. Their failure is a
fOregOne conclusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
THE END OF DURRANT.

There are great many people who be-
lieve that Theodore Durrant was an in
nocent man and they will be strength
ened in this conviction by his declara-
ton of innocence on the ScatllOld. 1t
will have to be admitted, however, that
never did n person charged with capital
crime in this country have greater op>
portunity to show guiltlcssness than was
given Durrant. His lawyers were most
Jealous and indefatigable in his defense
and in availing themselves of every legal
device at their command. They left no
eral courts, untried and the thorough
judicial review which the case thus re-
ceived must satisfy all unbiased minds
that the proof of guilt, although founded
upon circumstantial evidence, was ade-
uuate. If this be admitted there is
nothing impressive in the dying dcclara-
ton of Durrant, for man who could
commit such brutal crimes as he did
was capable Of proclaiming his innocence
to the end.
1t was one of the celebrated cases in
criminal annals and we recall none that
attracted more general attention. One
result of it is likely to be legislation by
congress amending the law granting an
appeal to the supreme court of the
United States in criminal cases. A bin
providing for this has been introduced
by Senator Perkins of California and
there are very good reasons to be urged
in its support, chief among which is the
fact that this right of appeal makes of
the highest judicial tribunal the means
of delaying, if not thwarting, justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

The aggregate carrier delivery cir
cuintion of The Evening Bec is
double the nggrcEntc carrier delivery
circulation of the Evening World
Herald and more than six times
greater than the aggregate carrier
delivery circulation of the Morning
WorId-Hcrald in Omnhn and south
Omaha.
The carrier delivery circulation of
The Evening bee reaches 7,034 bona
Gdc subscribers TINT are not reached
by the Evening world-HcrnId and
S,61G subscribers that are not reached
by the Morning World-Hcrnld.
More than 5000 carrier delivery
subscribers to The Omaha Evening
Bee md The Omaha Morning bee are
not reached either by the Morning
Wor1d-HcrnId or the Evening World
Herald.
1t goes without saying that the NUM-
Der of copies of The Evening Bec or
The Morning Bee sold by dealers ana
newsboys exceeds by very consider
nbIe the number of World-HeraId
1nilics. morning and evening, sold by
dealers and ncvsbOys.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
GROWING CHILDREN.
The Period when the nervous Activ-
ity is mt It's Greatest.
Tho Home Doctor.

Tho Home Doctor.
against the practice of giving tea and
coffee to children. we cannot speak too
strongly. Childhood Is the period when the
nervous activity Is at its greatest The
brain is ever busy receiving new impress
sions. Reflex action. coordination of mus
cles, and the special senses are all under
special course OF training.
The nervous system is pushed to its utmost
capacity, and long is the list OF victims that
follow its over-stimulation. In these little
people nothing but harm can come from tho
use of such cerebral stimuents as tea or
coffee Bad, then, as this practice Is, let us,
as physicians be aggressive In its prohlbi-
tion,
DO not be satisfied by answering mo"
when asked as to its use, but let us teach
the families with whom we come In contact
that such practice is evil. We speak em-
phatcally because not only among the poor
and uneducated but among the rlch who
should know better. this practice Is mar
yelousy prevalent"
Children like a warm beverage for break
fast and 1t is well for them to have it II
the drink is a food and not a drug.
IOBlum fOOd NoHee Is lnade 10 supply
a rich, nourishing liquid food. with crisp
coffee taste for those who cannot and should
not use coffee. Analysis shows 1t to contain
about fourteen per cent OF muscle forming
elements and 661l per cent OF energy and
fat producing elements, which go to nourlsh
and sustain the delicate nerve centers
throughout the body and from which tho
vital energy proceeds
The supreme importance OF proper food in
DlaCe of drugs Is not generally understood
but, the success OF child or adult depends
largely upon proper sustenance for the body.
Children who depend upon the intelligence OF
their elders to furnish them with good food
deserve our most careful attention and
thought upon this subject
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
HELPED BY PROTECTION.

Perhaps no American industry has re-
ceived greater benefit from the new
tariff than that of WOOL Statistics have
recently been published showing the in
crease within the past year of the sheep
and wool industry in Montana and what
Is true of that state is relatively so of
others in which this industry is more or
less extensively carried on. An organ of
the wool trade states that while sales
i'm normal years averaged from 100000
to 100000 pounds week, during 1897
they exceeded an average of over 10000
coo pounds, while prices for the last
six months of the year, on other than
carpet woods, ranged from 30 to 20 per
cent higher than mt the beginning of
the year.
In view of the fact that there were
enormous importat!ons of wool before
the present tariff went into effect, es-
timated to amount TO two years sup
product at advanced prices is somewhat
surprising and is perhaps to be consid-
cred as in measure speculative, but it
will hardly be questioned that the pro
lection accorded by the Dingley tariff to
this industry has had most to do with
the Improvement that has taken place.
1t is said that the advance in the price of
wool during 1897 more than made good
to the wool trade the losses of the three
previous years.
Undoubtedly this great change for the
better in the sheep and wool-growlng in
dustry will stimulate its growth, so that
the prices of last year may not be main
tanned this year, but it is very safe to
predict that so long as the present tariff
law is in force there will be no such
decline in prices as free wool brought
about and the business of woolgrowing
will continue profitable, The improve
ment means immense benefit to the west
and is justification of republican tariff
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
CONGRESS AND CIVIL SERVICE.
The Demand for More Omces to
Farm Out.


The three-cornered conflict over the civil
service law as extended and applied by the
executive department has at last opened in
the house OF representatives. The debate
is connected with 3the item for the main
tenance of the commission in the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill, and
those who would wipe out the entire merit
system in favor of the spoils doctrine
threaten to strike out the appropriation. 1t
is hardly necessary to say that few rational
representatives take them seriously, and 1t
may even be doubted whether they do not
when unobserved, wink at each other, like
the Roman augurR and humbugs of later
days. rr..I
In opposition to these "reformers" there
are those who defend the law as 1t stands
as well as those who favor certain reasonable
modification. The position Of the latter finds
considerable weighty support in the sugges-
tions submitted by the cabinet officers in re,
sponse to the senate resolution requesting in
service law. Thus Secretary Sherman would
except from the operation of the classified
service principle the chief clerk and the six
chiefs of bureaus, These officers, he explains,
bear a close personal relation to the sec
retary, and 1t Is through them that the as
sistant secretary Is enabled to transact his
duties: accordingly, II seems to him the part
OF wisdom that they should be in sympathetic
touch with the head of the department.
These officers, the secretary recommends.
should either be appointed by the president,
with the consent OF the senate, or by the
secretary, acting for the president, as was
formerly the case.
Secretary Gage believes that a considerable
number OF places put in the classified service
in 1895 should be exempted from the civil
service law The most important are in the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08


A good deal OF criticism has been aimed
at President Mckinley by cerain newspapers
Of late C4 account OF his alleged excessive
Use OF the pardoning power, especially in
favor of bank-wreckers and persons convicted
of like offenses. An examination of the
records, however, develops the fact that
Presiden. McKuley's exercise OF his preroga-
tive hls bee less frequent during his ncum-
bency than for a number OF years past-the
difference being that under the present ad-
ministration the records have been open to
public inspection, while under its predecessor
they have net While during the zen months
Of President McKnleys incumbency he has
granted ninty-seyen pardcas. 1t is shown that
during the last ten months OF Cleveand's ud-
minlstration the number of pardons mounted
up to 22O, Of which thirty-two were for
embe2zlemens, agl!ust fourteen of this
character issued by Mckinley. The aggre-
gate uumber of pardons granted by Presl-
dent Cleveland by years wes 149 for the year
ending March, 1895; l59 for 1896, aud PA for
1897. In the last year of Cleyeland's ad-
mlnsratlon there seems 10 have been greet
activity In this line, due largely, no doubt,
to political influence and the knowledge that
he was shortly to retire from office.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
POLITICAL DRIFT,

Mayor Quincy of Boston reiteretes in al,
annual message the assertion that the two
house common council is a huge Nailure,
C,harlav Kurtz tba Ohio ins,rro,. t. -,
expert mgoager of oil rooms. He has
been state oil inspector for several wears
Nov pbode leland +broo+,,s to ro,,i,, a.,
constitution and incidentoIlv abaJish nn. ioI ~
it's canitaIs In tho words of tho Afrioan W
evangelist "De world do move"
Every Tammanvite po,ng into oe,oa nro-
claims bin,self n rafoSn,nr ~ o,tiio p,J D.;
vateIv be cbucl,,e, an5 na,,s,s ..rh;s ,o 80
form craft is great n,,Sdin, ;,
That q Eoo s,1orr ,rhioh ,ho Cr,,,oo,x ,,so.
mon vnteJ ostansih, son ane sonrotau;o a.ue :,
reeob,ns tho snot ,nto,daS IA Tioh, 80 =. %
bo,,o annotntod tboi,, 49, oasn VI .neii
"rp pOi'''eu '-.'' "t''" do SOU e'a''eS'
idmnahy proposes TO bounce every I'M
Wnr,s ieathet .h Ia tne scnoois Oh Greater ne"
,,on,,;.o Ia. i,' "aS ~ appI.u " ttle ialii ~
n te'' ~" tou.sne .ne inaSo' "ou'u oe
ueorge fred Wiillams mas accepted an in
Vltauon TO speak IN Denver tonight. George
VIII sioiHy tine nero OF New orleans by
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
CLAM RIVER DANCE.

(Cal Stone the "Sapolio Belvidere" pas
sanger agent of the St. Paul & Dulutl
railroad. attended a function of lumbe
camp society at Cloquet, Mimi, and wa
so impressed with the charms of the affai
that he called his muse into action ant
thus immortalized the calling OFF,
Git yer cant-hook on a lady
Slide her out here on the floor.
What's the matter with youse fclers?
Ant yer got yer nerve no more?
That's right. Say, this aint no log jana
Spread out like lot o. stumps,
Saw that crazy Dutchmans legs off
Fore he heZ case o. jumps.
Hev yer got the logs a-runnn'?
Pipes don't go ct this here rag
Gents don't come ter dances, ole,
When they've got a red hot jag.
Cook KANT scale his derned old fiddle
Yes he kin, so let her go!
Homer podners I'uSt four forward!
Come agin N don't be slow!
All cross over! Where's your manners.
Reddy Burke? Throw out that cud!
Spittin' on the floors forbidden
Try 1t n y'l lose some blood
Back agin! So! That's the caper!
Grab yer gals, n spin eroun';
Don't be skeered ter squeeze a little
Places all! n stan yer groun'.
Side four forward!-h no scrappn'!
Part than llers!-chuck 'em out!
Git that Polack's knife n slam him!
That's good! Bif him, Sauerkraut!
Easy ladies-si four forward! 4
No ones goin' ter hurt yer now.
All cross over!--here's pine slab
That'l settle any row.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08


The Ohio senatorial contest strongly
emphasizes the demand that United
States senators shall he elected by the
direct vote of the people. II furnishes
a striking example of the possibility of a
betrayal of the popular will in the choice
of senators which is nearly always pres
ent under the system of election by the
legislatures. No one will question that
a very large majority of the republicans
of Ohio are favorable to Mr.. NJ A..
Hanna for the senate. He was in
dorscd by the representatives offhe party
in state convention and also received
the Endorsement of nearly every repub.
lican county convention. The legisla-
tive campaign was conducted on the
part of the republicans with the under
standing that If the party secured ma
jority of the Legislature Mr.. Hanna
would be returned to the senate. In
elccting a republican legislature the
party manifested its approval of the in
dorscment of Hanna by the state con-
vcntion. 1t was an expression of the
popular will in favor of his election.
There Is not reasonable doubt that
had the people voted directly for United
States senator Mr.. Hanna would have
been chosen.
The result Of the election bound the
republican members of the legislature,
by every consideration of political honor
and of party loyalty, to the support of
the senatorial candidate indorsed by the
state convention and by the popular
vote. Not to do this is to betray the
will of the people expressed in the cleo
ton of n republican legislature. This
certain republicans are endeavoring to
do. They are combined with democrats
to defeat the senatorial nominee of their
party and as we have heretofore said in
referring TO this contest, If they succeed
in accomplishing their purpose every re-
publican in Ohio will have reason to
hang his head in shame.
The situation is not extraordinary so
far rs it illustrates the possibility of de
fcating the popular will inherent in the
present system Of elccting United States
senators. The only remedy is in the
election of senators by direct vote of
the people and the question of consti-
tutional amendment providing for this
must sooner or later command the seri-
Gus consideration of tlfe country. Eff
forts have been made in congress from
time to time to have such an amendment
submitted to the legislatures of the sew
eral states and resolution providing
for this, introduced by Senator Turpie
of Indiana last March, is now, we be-
lieve, in the hands of the senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections. There
is not much reason to expect that the
present senate will adopt the resolution
if it shall ever be reported to that body
but there can be no doubt that intelli-
gent public sentiment Is overwhelmingly
in favor of the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08
The railway postal clerks are again

The railway postal clerks are again
pressing before congress the reclassifica-
ton bill which passed the senate during
the Fifty-fourth congress, but which
failed in the house. The bill increases
the number of classes in the service and
rcadjusts the salaries attaching to the
different classes. The railway mail
service is unquestionably one of the most
important arms of the Postotiice depart
mcnt, and the railway mail clerks are
deserving of treatment at the hands of
the government which the character of
The work performed by them justifies.
The service is not merely clerical. but in
wolves continual risk of life and limb be-
sides n constant strain on the nervous
system, which in many cases has de,
stroyed the health of robust men who
have escaped injury by railway accident.
These considerations should be weighed
by congress in passing upon the merits
Of the pending bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08

The Denver Republican calls upon tho
people of Colorado to get ready for a
fine exhibit of the state at the Trans.
mississippi Exposition. Something
should be done to insure good exhibit
from Colorado at the Omaha exposition"
says the Republican. THAT exposition
will represent the transmssisspp region
and it will be a SHAME If the greatest of
all the transmississppl states is not well
represented. Colorado could make a
splendid exhibit If 1t would. for it has a
great variety of excellent material. 1t
lies with the people to say what they
will do" Colorado is coming.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08

| water-loggcd and dlsmasted vessel In so ex-
hausted a condition that his rescuers had "a
remove his clothing. but he had strength
enough to beg them to look out and not lose
his cent. He carried it to California, where
he was engaged ia mining for four years,
and on a trip through the wild country In
Idaho and Montana. Naturally 1t is worn
smooth, but he wouldn't exchange 1t for a
gold eagle.
Mary Exley, daughter of farmer living
eight miles northwest Of Junction city, kan,
was weighed and measured the other day, and
is probably the largest child Of her age in the
world. She was born August l5 1882 and
weighs $50 pounds. She iS 5 feet inches
tall and feet inches around the waist
She was a small baby, but is now growing
very rapidly. Her mother weighs 16S pounds
and her father is medium-sized man. The
girl is active and strong, and seems perfectly
healthy.
Paul Pelkcy of Fillmore, Mo. is still living
and is 102 years old He took sick and
died forty years ago, WIS dressed in grave
clothes aud was placed In q coffin In an up-
stains room at his home. The funerdl was
ready to start and the stairs were very mar
row and old-mshloned and but two mcn
could bundle the coffin. They starved down
the stairway with the coffin and one OF the
men slipped, aud down went the coitin
bumpty- bump. TIE coiru broke UP and the
corpse sat up and rubbed his eyes and asked
for a drink of water, ana Paul Pelkey's
funeral was put off Indefinitely and has not
since been announced, and Is slid is not
likely 30 be for some time to come
Mr. John Howard OF Bostwick. Morgan
county, Gu, died under peculiar circum-
stances on the uight of December IL. Pre-
vous he dreamed that he had died before
Christmas. On the next and !he following
nights he dreamed the same thing, all three
dreams being vivid and alike in every paric-
uar. He at Cnce, made up his mind that
he was going to die. The first th,ug he
did was to t,ko out life Insurance policy.
Iio then began a series OF visits to his rela-
tives, telling them of his dreams and that
he was visiting them for the last time. Co
ing to Madison he bought for his son a
velocipede, something he could i'll afford to
do, but said as he was to die soon he wanted
to see rhe little fellow happy before he left
Sunday he dined with his old mother and
told her it WIS the last time she would see
him alive Sunday night he called on his
family. wife and three children, gave them a
farewell talk, kissed them arfectionately
prayed for them, and went 70 bed saying he
would die before II o'clock. Just before
thlt hour he breathcd his last. He was 81
years old and IN good health.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08

In the old days of the leadership of
Allen G. Thurman the democracy of
Ohio at least possessed a modicum of
political honor, but in these later days of
the leadership of millionaires like Sorg.
Mclean and Johnson no such pretense
is made. Victories are sought by Doodle
promises, and as for principles, they are
not even mentioned.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-08

The other states produce nearly 600 900 900
more and the corn acreage in the south is
increasing continually. There is no country
on the globe that can dream of competing
with the United States in the raising of corn.
The corn crop is enormous with prices
what they are. If there was an advance
so that corn was worth from 40 to so cents
bushel at the shipping ports. or 33 to 40
cents ibushel on the farm of the western
producer, the product would be increased
enormously almost every year in the hope
of getting that rich reward.
Vast expectations of corn to Europe which
before tho end OF ten years will be 5OO,O ,O0O,-
900 bushels and may reach 600, 900 900 or
700 900, will have a marked effect on
the price of beef, pork, poultry and all the
other corn-fed products of the farmer. The
price he gets for them will be considerably
higher than it has been during the last
twenty years on an average.
A similar advance in price may be ex-
pected in the case of two other great corn
products-alcohol and glucose As the raw
material becomes more costly the price OF
the manufactured commodities increases. So
when corn, that king OF American cereals
brings higher price, many other Industries
arc benefited.
Thus far The Tribune has spoken only OF
corn exports to Europe. There is no reason,
however, why the inhabitants Of other con-
tinents should not become consumers of
that cereal Five years ago no corn was
sent to Africa or Asia. Last year 1000. 900
bushels were shipped to ,Africl aud there
were small shipments to Asia and Aus
tralasia.
There are in China and India 500 600 900
human beings who consume great quantities
OF rice, wheat, millet and barley. There
is no reason why they should not become
heavy consumers Of maize and thus furnish
an additional market for great American
product. The millions Of owners of good
corn farms in the United States are to be
congratulated on the good fortune which
the future has in store for them.