Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. oot TREMR OF SUBBCRIPTION. Datly (H«mt'ng Rdition) (neluding SUNDAY B i thid .. s E:- O ‘?vmu Tikr, malied ¥ Ay nadress, One Year, . WeEKLY BER, One V"-‘l A . FIO, Now, 014 a R e o i ) ‘g;m:: WARRINGTON orno-.";‘fo. 13 URTERNTR BTRANET. CONRBSPONDENOR. All communications relating to news and edi. Sorinl I'nfi'.m should be addressed to the EpITOR ¥, et 148 LETTRRS, 11 biistness letters and romittances should be dressed to THE BER PUBLIANING COMPARY, Drafts, checks and postoilios orders o made payable to the order of the company. ke Boo Pablishing Company, Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. TAE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Oiroulation. tate of Nebraska, 'coumy of llmmln:}"'u\ Vi sl 1, Tzschiick, secretary o o B e Tty Aot (Al the Actua ciroutation of TitE DAILY BER for the ‘week ending March 30, 1850, was as follows: lunday, March 24 . I8 80 onday, March 25 March 26, Thu Friday. May i Baturday, March 0. AVOrige. ouiiin.s 18,800 GEORGR B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before mo and subsoribed to in my presence this 3th day of March, A. D. Lm Senl. N. P. FEIL, Notary Publio, 18,82 V18,807 Btate of Nebrask: ™ County of Douglas, George B, Tzsohudk, being duly sworn, de- *fiwes And_says that ho 18 secretary of the Bes y ublishing company, that the actual ayera & pe of THE DALy Bee for the 0.0 copies;, for Aprll 18,744 coples; ay, 1t 16,1 o for M les; = for June, 10, copies; for Julyy s, 1808, coples: for August, 1888, R coptess for Septembver, 18, I8 14 cooleu Tor Octobor, 1889, 18,084 cobles: for Novem. Ter, 188, 18,186 coples: for Dacomber, 188, 18,22 covles; for dnnuary, 149, 18574 coplé; for Fob- ry, ,008 copien. iorrd ] BXORGE B, TZ80HUCK. Sworn to beforo mo and subscribed inmy presence this 24 day of Maroh, A. D, 180, N. P, FEIL' Notaty Public, fly circulatio motith ot March, 1888, 1888, Tug failure of the Stout, Kennard and Butler claims deprived the lobby- ists of severul rare and julcy “‘souvenirs of the session.’ e THere was one refreshing feature about the bidders for publio works and that was the number of new faces ap- plying for work. Tuelegislative combine was entirely overlooked in the distribution of prizes. Perhaps they secured their prices earlier in the session. — TuE western furniture dealers have decided toforma syndicate as a necessary proliminary to a trust. An early ad- vance in prices is nssured. S — THE story of the Denver bank rob- bery has few equalsin the yellow-back romances of the century. The author modestly withholds his name while the existence of Munchansen s in doubt. It was highly fitting for the Swedish citizens of Omaha to take appropriate action in honor of the memory of John Eriesson. As long as America lives thé name of Jonn Bricsson will be rev- ered, Ler the Union Pacific be called anto court and show cause why the valuable lots donated by the city to that com- pany on condition of its building a ‘union depot shall not revert to the grantor for breach of contract. o ToWwA jobbers have cut into the busi- ness of Chicago to such an extent that the latter demand ralief from the rail- roads. It will be granted. Ohicago must be preserved at any cost to the surround ing country. THINK of 1! A’ countrv where all the women wear short hair and even the babies smoke cigarettes! Me. Car- wenter tells about themt in his first let- ter from Siam. Look for it i the néxt SUNDAY BEE, —— THE economical “Q” intends to cut expenses all along the line. The pre- caution is taken to announco, however, that no reduction in wages of the union employes is anticipated. It is quite ev- fdent that the railvoad has profitted by its costly experiment of the past. Stretesv——— COUNCIL BLUFFS spiritualistic circles are steiving in vain to discover the medium by which an important witness kn o murder case was spirited away. Disappearances of this character have become so frequent that refusal to be kiduapped is considered proof of idiovy. ottt Mr. Hireneock is determined to re- trieve the losses caused by his failure to' wnlond his renl estate on the govern- ment, Membersof the legislature have Poen taxed one dollar and a half each for papers they had nover ordered. Tho papers were gratuitous as well as dun. Smptetre——— THE report of the wreck of three Amevican men-of-war in the waters of Bamon will cause genuine regrot. To suecessfully escape the deadly scows and coal boats of the Atlantic and go down before the windy foe in the Pacific is enough to overwhelm the nation. ) BY an oversight peculiar to the' dem- peratic mail service, THE BuE has re- selved ‘A List of Books on Angling, Hunting, Shooting, and Kindred Sub- focts.” Tt was ovidently intended for John M. Thurston, whose mania for fhese pastimes cannot be rostrained ‘when an investigating cormmittec heavos! ‘Su sight. mm———— PHE construction of I'HE BEE build- fog, though to a certain extent benefit- Ing Mr. Hitcheook’s property & few Blocks west, and developing that sec- Sion of the city in a great degree, was aocomplishod without a request of the for bonuses from the cltizens bf Omaha. Yet Mr, Hitchcock haus done #verything iu his power to injure, and #o detract from whatever reputation for entorpreise THE Brk has. In etriking sontrast we flnd Mv. Hiteheock seeking ‘wfabulous sum of money as & bonus to- s a pro) building and Mr, water heading the list with a 85,000 donation. The people of Omaha readily the contemptible course of Hitohcock and dre deserting his t in order to give THE Bxe their support. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MARCH 31. 1830.-TWELVE PAGES. OMAHA'S EXPANDING TRADR, The last report of a New York com- merolal agency refors to the business of Omaha as very good, while that of other waestern cities named is said to be only fair, The observation and inquiries of Tre Bre enable us to say that the spring trade of the eity is now under good hendwav, with excellent promise of showing a volume of business equal to, if not in excess of, thav of any previ- ous year in Omaha's history, On all sides are seon indioations that the pros- perity and success of our morchants are attracting men and money from other less favored towns to this city, while the steady growth of our trade is un- mistakable evidence of the diversion of business from other points to this cens ter, That Omaha is realizing a steady and healthy expansion ol trade will not be gainsaid by anyone who will take the trouble to inform himself in the matter. Her advantageous location at the gate of an immense empire of - rapidly-grow- .ing states, and territories soon to be- come states, is being every year mbdre strongly demonstrated, and assures her a future of commercial groathess which she may be deprived of only by the supineness and want of enter- prise of our own people. So long as the capitalists and mer- chants of Omaha appreciate and take advantage of the. opportunities that offer, the city will continue to advance, her strides of progress graduated to the degree of encrgy and enterprise exhib- ited by the mon who are in a position Yo largely control her destiny and welfare. It is not uncommon to hear it said that these men either do not understand the possibilities of the city in which they have made their fortunes, or eise hav- ing reaped a sufficient harvest they are indifferent as to the future. Very likely this is true respecting some of them, but we are disposed to think that the allegation is untrue as to the ma- jority, and that they can be depended upon to show their faith in Omaha by their works whenever the demand on them is property made. Unquestiona- bly there are in the community men who are conservative to the point of fogyism, some fossils whom nothing can arouse to an act of enterprise, and per- haps there is oceasionally to be found a fully developed pessimist, but these people are few in number and their in- fluence is greatly exaggerated. Doubt- less the oity would be better off without them, but with the irresistible logic of progress against them, their power for harm must soon be wholly destroyed. In the interviews with the business men recently priiited in THR BEE the consensus of opinion was that a most essontial requirement of Omaha 15 im- proved railroad facilities. The city must be made tnore of arailroad center, said most of our merchants who were interviewed. There can be no question regarding the wisdom of this opinion. The trade of a considerable tetritory, naturally tributary to Omaha, goes elsé- where because our merchants cannot readily reach it. Some of this territory is vapidly developing, and there will be more such at anot very remote time. A vigorous practioal effort should be made to secure and retain for Omaha the trade of these growing scctions, which we can so firmly bind toourselves commercially, if we will, that no com- petition or rivalry could interfere with us, and the connection with which would unquestionably prove greatly to our advantage and profit. For the present, we cdn congratulate ourselves upon a prosperous and grow- ing business, and an outlook altozether favorable. This fortunate situation should be an incentive to greater effory and enterprise, for which the rewards of the future are certain to be not less gratifying than have been those of the past. S—————— AS TO FRANCHISES. The subway franchise muddie which the council 18 now wrestling with far- nishes occasion to again advise the members of the council to go slow in the matter of voting franchises. The city of Omaha has been altogether too lavish in granting valuable privileges when- ever asked, Omaha has become large enough to render franchises on her streets of great money value, and while it is wise to encourage enterprises toin- vest capital in this city, the field of in- vestment has become so rich that capital is now competing for the first chance to get possession of the valuable privileges at the disposal of this city. The time has como when the city eonncil should demand a bonus of the corporation seeking a franchise on the streets of Omaha, or the eorporation or company seeking a special privilege should be required to give bond and put up a forfeit with the city ocouncil, agreeing to invest a certain amount of capital in this eity within a given time wider the franchise sought, and if a stated amount of capital be not invested | under the terms of the franchise, the forfeit should be demanded and the charter revoked, A franchise may be sought of a na- ture that will admit of the council ad- vertising for bidsand in such a case the oouncil should provide that the various companies compete for tho valuable privilege which the coungil isexpected to vote away. There is no reason why the verious subway companies should not be compelied to bid in this way. Franchises have been granted by the Omaha council to eompanies organized® here for the sole purpose of speculating on the privii®ges and selling them ata handsome figure to companies that in the future might desire to invest capi- tal on our streets. In vhis matter the council has permitted itself to'be duped and it certainly would be the part of wisdom to revoke if possible the pro- visions of all franchises, the holders of which esnnot guarautes to commence the investment of capital under them within s given time. A frauckiso in the city of Omahd is 4 valuable thing, and the interest of the city in this rer; det should be pro- tected. o THE REJEUTION OF HALSTEAD. President Harrison bae encountered the objection of the senate to two im- portant appointments. He was com- pellod to withdraw the nemination of Eugene Schuyler to be assistunt secre- tary of state bocsuse that gentlowsn had been offensively critionl of certain persons in a publication treating of the diplomatic service of the United Statos. This was not a particularly serious mat- tor, sinoce Mr, Sohuylor was not in any large sense n reprosontative man, al- though most amply qualified by aequire- ments and experience for the vosition of naeistant soorotary of state, The re- jection by the senate of Mr. Halstend, nominated to be minister to Germany, {s an affair of much greater consequonoe and significance, Mr, Halstoad is in the most liberal sense a represontativo man. As an edi- tor he has boen distinguished for more than a quarter of a century, and since the organization of the republican party no living journalist has done battle for the party more ably, couragoeously, or faithfully, He is an aggressive man, fenrless in declaring his conviotions, and his blows are always delivered with a force and vigor intended to be felt. He may not have been at all times dis- creet, but nobody has ever questioned his honesty. During the rebellion he sharply oriticised the administration and certain union genorals for what he believed to be mistakes and shortcom- ings, Time demonstrated that his judg- ment was at fault, but he was sincere. All that he snid was prompted by a pa- triotic concern for the cause, whatever may be thought of the expedienoy and manuver of saying it. When it was pro- posed in the United States senate, upon information preferred by the legislature of Ohio, to investigate the charge that the election of Senator Henry B. Payne was procured by bribery, Mr. Halstead, with his usual earnestness and vigor, advocated an investigation, He knew that a vast amount of money had been lavishly spent by relatives and inti- mate friends of Mr. Payne—some of them members of the Standard O1l com- pany—at the state capital. There were democrats who asserted that members of the legislature had been bribed, and all the circumstances were such as to make it almost certain that the charge of bribety éould be substantiated. Fully believing that a senator who had profited by the corruption of legislators, although perhaps personally guiltless, should not be allowed to retain his seat, and feeling also that the honor and character of the senate was at stake, Mr. Halstead felt that the defeat of the proposed investigation by the votes of halfa dozen republicans was an outrage upon the people of Ohio and upon the country, and he did not hesitate to say so, His severe and in- discriminate denunciation of the repub-" lican senators who voted agatnst an -in- vestigation cannot be justified. Some of them unquestionably acted from a conviction that the accused senator was personally guiltless, and doubtless no- body believes that any of them.was in- fluenced by any pecuniary or other cor- rupting consideration. But the repub- licans of Ohio were naturally very bit- ter, and Mr. Halstead voiced their feel- ings in his usual unsparing and uncom- promising way. It is very questionable whether the republican senators who have sought revenge by rejecting the nomination of Mr, Halstead will here- after be as strong in the respect of the party as they have been. The rebuke of Mr. Halstead extends beyond him. It reaches the president. The nomination of Mr. Halstead was not of his own seeking. It may have been asked by Senator Sherman, or it may have been the voluntary act of the president, who knows better tban most men tho service that Mr. Halstead has rendered the party. The proba- bility 18 he was the selection of the president,in which event the rebuke is not less severe to the executive than to the rejected candi- date. The result is to be regretted for several obyious reasons. It is unfortu- nate that there should have come a preach between fhe president and the senate thus early in the administration; it is unfortunate that senators have given such an example of vindictive- pess, and it is unfortunato that the di- plomatic service loses a man whose ability and fitness are conceded by men of all parties. Mz. HITCHCOCK wants to know why and how it is that such men as Hol- drege, Kimball, Thurston and others, who have been antagonized by Mr. Rose- water on railroad issues, should support Eighteenth and Farnam as the location for the postoffice. These men certainly know that Mr. Rosewater has some proverty within a block of the proposed site, and Mr. Hitchcock thinks this a suffioient ground for these men to oppose it. Happily, however, the distinguished geutlemen take a broader view of public matters than does Mr. Hitcheock, who has made a reputation in the business world by the narrow-minded and illib- eral coursé taken by him in the great hotel project he was concerned in a few months since. At that time Mr. Hitch- cock thoughv his Twentieth and Far- nam lots a good hotel site, and he rushed to Mr. Rosewator, whom he had never consed fo abuse eince starting his three-cent sheet, and proposed that Mr. Rosewater help him in getting up a subscription. Mr. Rosewater gave him a favorable reply, headed the subscrip- tion with a five thousand dollar dona- tion, raised it to a total of seventy thousund dollars by his individual ei- forts, and was ready to bring it up to one hundrod and twenty thousand dol- lars, He was compelled to abandon the scheme, however, when Mr. Hitcheock added to heé other demands the requirement that a‘ mortgage loan iu the swn of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars more at five per cent be secured for him. In other words, Mr. Hitcheook wanted the city of Omaha to build the hovel on his lots and then turn the whole thing over fo bim. His enterprising spirit was re- warded by the withdrawal of all the proposed donations. ] PREFARATIONS for thoe celebration of the centonnial of Washington’s in- auguval in New Yorl City on April 30 are being made ona seale of unusual grandeur, The progrivme mapped out by the committee of arrdngements in- cludes the reception of President Har- vison, hig cabinet, the supreme court of the United Statos and other officials and ofMicers of distinction on the morning of the 20th of April, On April 30 the grent axeroisos 3 the oconsion will take place. Tt is to hold briof re- liglous service ho various shurohoes of the city, after which the formal litorary exercisos will follow on the stops of the sub-trensury bullding. At noon the geand. military parade will pass in review,jand in the evening a ball av the Mgtropolitan opera house will end the festivities. Unquestiona- bly the celebral of Washington’s in- auguration, the Tast in the series of our centenninls, will: be remembered and honored not only in New York, but all over the country 1t a manner befitting its historical importgnce. Mn. ROSEWATER to the knowledgo of Mr. Hitcheock has been out of the city over two weeks, yet during that time the latter has persistently given publi- cation to abusive personal attncks on Mr, Rosewater of & most contemptible nature. He ought to be reminded that a large majority of the wealthy property owners, raillway mon and bankers who have indorsed the Farnam and Eigh- teenth site have done so without Me. Rosewater’s knowledge or request. Men reprdenting over eighty per cent of the business of this city have signed numerous petitions and telegrams, many of thom voluntarily, and the great number of them upon the request of forty or fifty wealthy property ownors who have been active in the matter. All this work has ngt been done in the interest of Tir Ber. In the judgment of these men Eighteenth and Farnam as a location for the postoffice is prefer- able, The very fact that the signa- tures of such men as Kimball, Hol- drege, Thurston, and others, who in many mntters have been antagonized by Mr. Rosewater, are appended to the petitions go far to show that it isa popular demand rather than a matter of Mr, Rosewater’s influence. MR. HITCHCOCK decries Mr. Rose- water’s enterprise by citing an “alleged mortgage for a quarter of a million dol- lars which, he says, Mr. Rosewater had to assume in order to carry out his project in building a seven story fire- proof block. Mr. Hitchcogk imagines vhat he can injure THE BER by assert- ing that a mortgage hangs over THE BeE building. He forgets that not a single enterprise of half the magnitude of THE BEE building has been success- fully carried through in this city with- out the aid of a mortgage. Our most successful and public spirited men took advantago of the mortgage as a means to enable them to erect the costly buildings which ornament the city. For this they are to be commended and the newspaper which seeks to impair the credit of a man who has the nerve to make these extraordinary investments ought to be held up to the contempt of every business man in the state. IN anticipation of early statehood Wyoming 1s adyvertising her remarka- ble resources afid'is holding out strong inducements to attract immigration. She points to her virgin oil fields rich in possibilities. “Her coal mines pos- sessing the fines qhatity of bituminous coal known to exist Her tin regions, valuable depositsi~of which are said to exist in the northeastern parct of the territory. Her stock raising .facilities and other industries which await de- velopment. It is a mere question of time when Wyoming will support a great mining and manufacturing popu- lation and when her wealth will be counted in the millions, MR. HITCHCO is a man of strange contradictions. One day he says that, Mr. Rosewater has no influcnce, and is a dead duck. Another day he says that three-fourths of all the property owners of Omaha and all the railway men and public men who have endorsed Eigh- teenth and Farnam for the new postof- fice have done so solely through Mr. Rosewater’s influence. Of course the latter proposition is absurd, but Mr, Hitchcock revels in absurdities and 1s an adept in the formation of idiotic conclugions. THE irrigation law passed by the leg- islature is a measure of great import- ance to the western section of the state. It is of special interest to the .counties along the border, and will increase the tillable area by a million or move acres. The North and South Platte, the Chey- enne, Niobrara and Frenchman rivers will be utilized to work a revolution in the farming mevhods of that section, THE electric light companies of New York and adjoining cities have formed a mammoth trust. Two hundred million dollars are represented in the pool. This combination rivals the Standard Oil octopus in capital and-will eventu- ally spread its arms around every city in the country. All warfare is ended in a common purpose to realize all the traflic will bear. TrHE McGlynn Anti-Poverty society manages to keep at a safe distance from the poor house. The receipts of the so- ciety during the yemr amounted to thir- ty-one thousand dollars, and thirty thousand was expended in a profound effort to “reform’the pope and his minions,” The burden of poverty does not appear to distneas the efficers of the society. . TRUTH crushed'z earth will rise again, But the mauling she got in the subway investigation will keep her eyes in mourning for a month. A Préam. Ametid Rives, Behold, there was seen of my heart, A place of groat shudow and tears, Shadows and tremblivg and fédrs, Death and the pain of, his dart. Love in in his grave-clothos was there ead, with 00 smile on his face, ad, in'that sorrowful pluce. With scorn for & wreath in his hair, He that had oncoe been so (ru Mighty of wing and so fleet, ‘There, lying still at my feet, liere, at the feet of my hate! Looking thuswise on' hum there, 1, being softed in part, Pouched for one heart-beat, his heart, Leavidg wy lips in his haw, Bug, as repentant I koolt, Toru with the battie befl.l;. Stamed for the thing I done, Lo! ou & sudden I felt Warmth g his wings overspread Vos, of s lips aud eir smarts Of his eyes, and his hands, and his heart; Love had come back from the dead ! FOR THOSE WHO THINK, The 1atest contribution to the discussion in the Forum of the negro question I8 by a negro writer, Prof. W. 8, Sarborough, of Wilberforce univoesity, Ohio, In the March number he reviews with & deal of severity the treatment of the negro question by the reprosentatives both of the south and of the north. But of the future of his race he takes a very hopeful view, He writes: ““That which the south declares it will not have—negro supremacy—has no part in the negro's plans for his future, nor is it desired by him. He simply secks to exercise unde- terred the freedom to enjoy rights guaran- teed him as a citizen by the constitution. He leaves all else to the future evolution of Just public sentiment and to private choice. ‘He has no desire to rule over or to harm the whites. Pushed from tho ground of neero supremaoy the fear takes the shape of ‘being left to the mercy of an ignorant black ma- jority,’ and ‘reconstruction days’ are cited by Senator Wade Hampton as proof of tho evil in store, and as reason for abrogating tho negro's rights, 1 answor this by saying that there could now be no such ignorant rule As is claimed to have existed then. The condi- tions which governed those days have ohanged, The negro has in the mean time made a remarkable advance in intelligence and education, The admitted progress of the race has given birth to leaders, younger and better educated, to replace those ignorant and irresponsible ones. These fears arve groundless and are not at the root of the feel- ing{ but that which does underlie the whole matter and which gives the key to the ais- turbance is the deep-seated prejudices of color and caste. As a member of that race, T beliove the negro is looking over the whole situation as a patriot should view it—with an eye not only to his own prosperous growth, but to that of the American people, of whom he considers himself an inseparable part. With such a view he can but take that step which will lead from present troubles to a fruition of his hopes—to be a man among men and not simply a negro."” Dr. Talmage is the only man of note who positively denies that crime is on the in- crease, says the Atlanta Constitution. He declares that the country is growing botter, and thinks that a big national revival would scttle the business. Anyhow, he thiuks that we shall be all right in another century.. Others, however, say that the outlook 1s dark. Crime costs our people perhaps $100,- 000,000 & year, We have 060,000 convicts in our penitentiaries, and fully 506,000 prisoncrs pass through our county jails in the courso of u year. Few of the criminals ever re- form. Some good men take the position that they cannot be reformed. Female criminals especially are regarded as a tough lot. Bl bridge Gerry, a man of great experience, says that not more than one out of five hun- dred loose women can be reformed, but he admits that something might possibly be done with those under the age of sixteen. Various causes are suggested as the source of crime. Some say poverty, while others say rum, gambling, or inborn tendenicies. 1t is enough to know that we have reached the high-water mark. In 1850 we had one crimi- nal to every 30,442 of population; in 1860, one to every 1,647; in 1870, one to every 1,021; in 1880, one to every 837. So we go, and if we are to follow the sliding scale downward there will come a time when every person in the country will be o the black list. What are we going to do about it? The distinguishimg characteristic of any true work of art is that it is intended to ex- press the idea of the beautiful, says the Bos- ton Musical Herald. The chief emotion raised by 8 work of art must be that of beauty. Cousin says, ‘‘Art is the free re- production of ideal beauty.” Therefore it is not the representation of external objects, but of spiritual thmings—internal things. “But,” it may be asked, ‘‘how can the paint- er's art do thist Does not the painter at- tempt to represent the external figure of the face and color of the human eyes and lips?"’ Certainly; but he uses these external things only that he may place before our poor finite minds something that will in a measure serve as an expression of the ideal. Beauty is not an external thing, and does not belong to external things. It only finds expression through externals. It is a spiritual essence; sometimes callea “‘the spiritual language of the infinite.”” According to Cousin, *‘The ideal of the beautiful is the mysterious lad- der that enables thésoul to ascend from the finite to the infinite. Now the first care of the artist is to penetrate to the concealed ideal of his subject; to express the idea of the infinite is the law of art,”” The artist looks with a sincere and open heart upon the works of nature. He beholds the birds and the trees, the flowers and the flelds, human faces here below, and the stars of light above; then, listening, he hears the loud tumultous roaring of the ocean and the soft, sweet song of the sorrowmg heart. Tho sights and sounds of the univérse thrill his soul with indescribable emotions. The in- tellect is stimulated; a desire created to ex- press to others in some intelligible form this emotion of beauty. The same character of emotion fills the soul of the poet, painter, sculptor, or musician; bhut each adopts his own peculiar language in communicating it. The poet attempts to express his emotion in ‘words, or by his florid description of external objects to arouse a like ideal in other minds. The sculptor seizes upon tne fact that the human countenance and figure may be made to express the various emotions of the soul. And so, likewise, the painter accepts the art of colors as the language of his émotions. Therefore these arts are all spiritual lan- guages; difforent mediums of expression for the beautiful. Thus the arduous task of the artist is to bring the infinite, the spiritual’ down to the compréhension of the fimte, It is the old, old struggle of humanity to bring heayen down to earth. And if we truly pos- soss the spirit of art it is because of our de- sire to sce—to pierce through the outsidge, the covering of things—to see the soul of the world. The annual report of railroad companies that have fared badly during 1388 are re- markebly hopeful and confident in their forecasts of operations for 1889, say the New York Commercial Bulletin, Throughout railrond ciroles there is general recognition of the fact that many features of the situa- tion point to improvement. The annual re- port of the Texas & Pacific company says: ‘“'We feel confident that next year’s results will be the best shown by this company at | any tume in his nistory.” And this is but o samplo of many expressions based on the favorable prosvect of sustained rates and - creasing traffic. Indnstrial and agricultural conditions all confirm this hopeful view, and natural foroes promise to contribute to the fulfiiment of this result. The dangers lie in' the errors of management and of legisiation. The rénewal of excessive competition or the extension of arbitrary interference may re- verse all favorable tendencies, and in view of past experience the probability of such errors will continue & check to confldonco and a source of uncertainty, The danger of demoralizing warfare between the roads and of further usurpation of arbitrary powers by [ law-makers is, however, decrensed by the [ disposition -of investors to hold railway oficials to strict account, and of railway managers to avoid new complications and to/ obey the laws. Not only are ali the natural conditions movre favorable than a yei but the attitude and sentiment of men is decidedly so; and even the legislative powers have learned something from experi- ence, and ure less likely to create new difi- oulties while the roads, endeavor to comply with the requirements which national and state 1aws have Imposed, vapactoenissects TICKLERS, Atchison Globe: A new wrinkie—the last s0rrow, Chicago Times: New York is to have compulsory vacoination. The idea scems to take, Chicago Tribune: The *'Robert Elsomere" collar is the latost thing out. The oritios w'm proceed at once to take the starch out of it Now York World: Breezy (tenderly)— Miss Poroine, will you--will you meet me in the gloaming? Miss Poroine (oagerly)— Well, snould smile! Whero 1s it 46d how do you get in? Ohicago Times: John W, Watson, the author of ‘‘Beautiful Snow,” ia still alive and in his sixty-sixth year, This says vol- umos for the peacoful disposition of Wason's long-suffering countrymen, New York World: '‘Say, Blobbs, why is a short nigger like a white man?’ *‘Dunno. Why?" “Hecause he is mot a tall black.’ (Not at all black.) Before Blobbs could get his gun out Jobbs was around the corner. Porter~Two gem'men want to seo the president. Secretary Halford (ex-editor)— “Who are they!” “One says he'sa jour- nalist, sah, an’ the other says he's a newspa- per man." “Admit the newspaper man and kick the journalist out.' Epoch: Mrs. De Trop—I don't think, M. De Trop, that your sarcasm’' leveled at our decollete ball dresses is called for. Your own brother, the captain, takes a much more liberal view of society matters. Mr. De Trop—Umdoubtedly, Captain Bob has just returned from Samoa. Burlington Free Press: Popinjay (In Bos- ton for the first time)—""What's that blind- ing glare of light down tne street? Tin shop broke 1looso!” Blobson—"Oh, no; that's only a bevy of Boston girls coming home from school. You see the sun reflecting from their spectacles.” Chicago Herald: At the art institute— “That's a gentine antique, I can tell it at a glance, It must be worth over and ever so much.” “I wish 1 had your knowledge of art, Laura. Now, how did you tell?” “Why, it's as black as a coal hod, and to save your Iifayou can't tell what it's a picture of.” e crgee, Both Judge and Executioner. Boston Herald, Good democratic postmasters are to bo al- lowed to serve out terms. Assistant Post- master General Clarkson is the judge of this goodness. OEER Ll May Plead thie Statute. Minneapolis Jowrnal. The murderers of John M. Clayton, if they are caught, will doubtless plead the statute of limitations. eiiue g Editor Shepard's Position, Chicago Ttmes. Fditor Shepard s furnishing the texts for the new admnistration, but other editors ap- pear to be taking up the collection. —-— Our Southern Neighbors. Chteayo Tribune. Let no man belittle the office of minister to any of the South American republics. The administration of President Harrison may be destined to distinguish itself by opening up a commerce of incalculable value between this country and South America. The tume is ripe for such a consummation. e gy A Tale of Two Oities. Chicago News., The account stands thus: Chicago. St, Lowds. Offices... Minister to England...Sec’y Interior Salaries. . +.$8,000 Duties. .. etting sworn at Ottice hours. ..None.........9a. m. to 6 p. m. Associates.. Princes,dulkes,cte.. Claim agents, Indians. e One Good Result. Boston Herald. The Cornell school of journaiism appears to be a success. One young man who has taken a course of lectures there says heis now fully convinced that he could never suc- ceed in journalism, and he is going to devote his energies to something else. S et Decidedly, & Misnomer. Chicdgo Tribune. A tournament of ¢hess players i§ distin- guished from most other contests by the quiet and good order that prevail and the mtellectual activity it calls forth. It sounds grotesque to call such a gathering a con- gress, = The Ohio Wranglers. . New York Star, Tt Messrs. Sherman, Foraker and Foster do not hasten the adjustment of their differ- ences the commercial statesmen of Ohio are likely to have plenty of opportunity to give their undivided attention to the production and distribution of natural gas. Not a Marker to That River. Chicago Herald, A spring of naturul cologne, with the per- famo of patchouli, has been discovered in Algiers. Discoveries of this character will excite no onvy in the minds of people who live along the falr shoresof tha Chicago rivér, ———= AS OTHERS SEE US. To See Us Play Batl, Minncapolis Tribiine. If we can’t have base ball in thé central partof the city, why, we can run on to Omaha or Denvér when we want to see & game, s We Make Oarsélves Heard. St Paul Ploneer-Press. The administration is not likely to forget Neébrasla in thie distribution of capitai prizes. —[Osana Beg, Noj it could as soon forget the noise while visiting & boilor factory. 7 ot 0d Example, Deny Voiws. Omaha is a western city, as cosmopolitan in its make-up as Denver. And yet the en- forcement of a Sunday closing Jaw is found practicable there and gives good results as measured by the number of arrests for drunkenness. Must Go St. Paul Globe. Pho mayor 6f Omuha surprised that com- munity recentiy by an apparently Quixotic declaration that the Sunday laws must ba enforced 50 far as the saloons are concerned. He has succeeded 50 woll in the three o four weeks of the exporiment, that the local papers report unususl resort to Couneil Bluffs, where of couwse the liquia induce: ments have free flow. A Pocided Improvement. Denver Times, A Nebraska young man has made a mate- ial change in o custom that was becoming dangerously prevalent, When the young lady rejected him he shot not her, but kim- self. oL PERSONAL AND POLATIOAL. Bill Mulhatton Las opened a businoss office in Denver, A New York minister anxiously inquires: “Whut shall we do with our old maids?” Let them aloue. Mayor Hart, of Boston, operates & massive political guillotine, Seventeen demooratie heads were chopped off at one sitting re- cently. Mark Tsvain does not expect a college de- gree this June, but he is looking forward to & high degroe of discomfort in August, Cloveland is about to become a Tammany brave. This will enable him to keep his tomabawk in repair Whils Dave Hill is above ground, Dr. Stoecklor, the court pastor at Berlin, has no faith in Count Herbert Bismarol who has, he says, ‘‘never shown that he is man of his father's eminence " . Joseph W. Oorning, who has just bosn ap- pointed postmastor at Palmyra, N. Y., has the distinotion of having formerly hold that offico by appointment of the other President Harrison Postmaster General Wanamakor carrios life insurance to the amount of §1,750,000, the largest amount placed by any single in. dividual in the United States. The annual premiums aggregate $00,000, Bx-Governor McCroery, of Kentuoky, dur: ing his nino yewrs' service in the United States senate, saved $0,000 from his salary and won a reputation for economy which ls still talked about at the capital, All sorts of cures have beon suggested for the liquor habit, but a Georgian some years 0go tried an original schome. He startod out for a trip around the world, and went straight on, never stoppiug a day in one place. He completed his tour and turned up at home —drunk! Governor Waterman, of California, de- clares that he has had enough of public oMoees, and that *‘no inducement, not even £1,000,000 a year,” could entice him to sorve another term. His pictyire of the annoyances, oares e o s and anxieties of office did not diminish the throng scrambling for his shoes. The New York World says that the dis- tinguished American donkoy, Colonel Bliot I\ Shepard, has written a letter to the secre- tary of the intorior asking him, as the 1 o'clock session of tue senate is not convenient for the afternoon pross, to have it chunged to an earller hour. Susan La Flosche, an Omaha Indian girl, graduated in 1886 at the school for her peo- pic at Hampton, Va. Since then she has been assisted by the Conneoticut Indian as- sociation, and last week she was among the graduates of the Women's Medical college, of Philadelphia. She will stand among her people as their first woman physician, Chief Justico Fuller and Sir Charles Rus] sell, Mr, Parnell's lawyer, ought to form a ‘‘daughter trust! together. The chief justico has eight and Sir Chartes Russell huas thie- teen. It takes three péws to hold them when the family attends church, and the valiant Sir Charles sits in the rear pew and keeps a sharp lookout that none of them es- capé bifore the service is over. Judge Kelly, the famous Pennsylvania (‘ congressman, is an inveterate tobacco chewer, For tifty years he has munched the weed and slept with a auid in his mouth, The development of d nicotine cancer com- pelled him to givo up the weed pending an operation on his mouth., On the morning wheh the surgeons were going to operate upon him the judge put a plece of tobacco slyly into his mouth, His daughter detected it and urged her fathier to take it out. My daughter,” said the sturdy congressman, ‘those doctors will be here to cut me up In just about one hour; they tell me that the chances are that I may die under the opera- tion; mow, before I die, I mean to Have one more good chew.” e A BUILDING BOOM. of the Week. "4 The transactions in real sstate maintaiu'd their usual activity though no particular q'c boom has as yet taken place. However, great preparations are being made by the. dealers and everything indicates a prosper- ous ¥ The pushing out of the various lines of street railway, the building of the new city hall and postofice will ail add an impetns to_the coming boom. The figures for the week are as follows: Monday. $ 85,304 Tuesday 29, Wednesday Thursday . Friday rodtotion of réjta1s the nanber of buildin permits issted for thee houses within the reac! ilios of nroderate means, By far the greater portion of the total shown below covers per- mits for thie erection of dwolling houses to Ccost from 8500 to $2,500. This, coupled with the rapid extension’ of transportation facili- ties will do away with one great lack in tho itanism of Omaha. Following are 16,200 Monday..... “Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday. S AR D R Tnereasé over coriesponding weol year, 25.6 per cent. g PR R BY FOUR LENGTHS, 505,161,657 400,759,05 570.884.57 3,122,820,08 of lasi Great Boat Hace. LONDON, March 30.—The annual boat rade between orows representing Oambridgs and Oxford umversities, was rowed on the Thames to-day. The course wWa from Put- ney to Moreland, four miles and two fur. longs, The Cambridge crew won by twa A largo crowd witnossed the ra it breczo was blowing, but the wi smooth. The exuct starl was mwde .18, Cambriige at once took the lend( ammersmith bridge, one and three- miles from the starting point, was a length ahead. Hoth crews were rowing well, At this time a heayy ram was falling, The Oxford crew shortly after became confused and stoerod badly, splashing some and aluiost collapsed. Nonr Harnes bridge, fiye furlongs from the finish, Oxford made & final spuet, vut failed to reuch the Cambridge boat, the w of which, rowing woll, won by four | gths, The time of the Cambridge crew was 20 A was auat Miss Harner's Kscapnde, ‘ MrLwatkee, Wis,, March 30— Beétween 2 and 3 6'clock Lhis morning, i the parlor of | the Plankington house, Miss Isabelle E. Harnor, only daughter of Judge Harneér, of Cincinmati, was mar‘ried to John Consoline, propriewor of one of the fashionable saléons i Oicago. The couple arrived on the mid- night tratn, over the Chicago' & Northwest- ern raillway and o justied was immedintely sammoned to perform the ceremony. A murked feuturo of the affair is that the brid disappoared frony home in Uincinnath October and not been heard of by hor parents until they recoived & téligram which Was sent lus? night, informing them of her marrioge. They Want 0 Am rican Lard. WASUINGTON, Murch 80,—Advices from the City of Mexico say that the board of health in that city has pronounced American lard an adulteration, unflt for use, and pro- hibits ite axle. Tis otion bas been #vg tained Dy Ministor Ruvio, and will ba ét- foetive throughout tho repulic. Instructions have beer. given to all custom Louses. ettt Alpaca is likely to be & favorité stuff tiis spring. 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