Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MAY 19 1880,--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, clliha TRRMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION, Defly (Morning Fditfon) including SUNDAY, BER, One Year » For 8ix Months. .. For Threo Months Tix OMATIA SUNDA address, Ono Year Ber, One Vear by 4‘“"(‘ ¥ BUILDING. 1CAGO OFFICE, 567 ROOKARY BUIL R Y OF s rim, TOOMS 14 AND 15 Th1nyNE BUILDING. WASHINGTON OF¥icE, No. 618 URT) TH BTREET. CORRESPON ANl communications rels Sorial matter should be ad: THE BEE. it BUSINESS LETTERS, 11 business letters and remittances should be dressad to THE IIEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAMA. Drafts, checks and postollics orders 80 be made puyable to the order of the company. ke Bee Pablishing Company, Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. FARNAM STRRET, NCR, to news and edi- essed to the EDITOR THE DAILY BEE. 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D,, 18 NP’ kelL, Notu November, THE resolution of the new park com- missioners to beautify Hanscom park and Jefferson Square at once will meet the hearty approval of our citizens. ‘Wit hardly employment enough to go half round, this is not the season for ill-advised walkouts in which there is nothing to gain and everything to lose. WORKINGMEN should make no mis- take in fomenting strikes and walk-outs where they have no grievance. Such a course is sure to bring disaster to the cause of labor. ‘WiiLE the school bond election drew but a very light vote, the result affords proof that the frantic appeals to tax- payers to turn out en masse and vote down the bonds were unheeded. THE inter-state commerce commis- sion has evidently mapped out a wider field for its usefulness than settling quarrels between railroads and arbi- trating grievances. The circular ad- dressed to the labor organizations of the country, soliciting information upon the question of federal regulation. of safety appliances on railroads is a step forward of great significance. The inquiry will undoubteuly result in lay- ing before the commission sufficient in- formation to warrant that body in recommending legislation that will compel railroads to provide devices for the protection of both their patrons and employes. Som E fifty public and private schools in the United States have established a system of savings banks, intended to in- culcate lessons of thrift. The success "of the experiment is beyond expocta- tions. The savings banks system among the schools is common 1n Europe. The school children of France alone have on deposit nearly two million dollars. ‘Would it not be well to introduce this Bystem in the schools of Omaha? It would certainly do no harm to encour- age the saving of money in the banks, and would be beneficial in teaching boys and girls business rules and methods. S ————— THE retirement of Miss Kate Drexel, daughter of the late banker Drexel, of Philadelphia, to a convent, has created 8 sensation in religious and social circles. Possessing millions in her own right, the entre of the best society, beautiful and accomplished, her deci- Blon to forsake the allurcments of the world and devote her works to charity, Is a rare example of self sacrifice and religious fortitude. But she will not be lost to the world. To those who know Miss Drexel it is an open secret that she is entering upon her cherished life work—to found an order of nuns for the education and elevation of the negro and Indian. Such a noble purpose is certainly commendable: —— T care for the widow and orphans of a brother Mason is onc of the most sacred obligations of the Masonic order, The widows’ and orphans’ home which is about to be established by the Free Masons of Nebraska is destined to rank among the most extensive benevolent instiwutions. The location of the home will be definitely decided within two or three weeks. The appeal made to the fraternity in Omaha and citizens gen- erally should evoke more than a pass- ing interest. Other cities of the state are making tempting offers while Omuha apparently is wholly indifferent. Why this should be so is inexplicable, An institution such as is contemplated would be an ornament and a source of pride to Omaha, —— MORE or less attontion has been di- vected to the recent growth and exten- sion of Chicago by the annexatioun of her suburbs. It is estimated that at least seventy-five thousand will be added to the population of the city by this means, and that Chicago is likely to pross Philadelphia closely in 1890 as the socoud city of the country. What- ever advantages Chicago may obtain by this annexation, the towns that are drawn within her limits are by far the greater gainers. ‘Phey are relieved from the extravagant petty wunicipal governments trying 10 keep apace with the high pressure machinery of u great city. The history of Chicago is simply * @ repetition of the growth of Philadel- phia, Boston and Cincinnati, by annex- ation. It wust sooner or later take place in Omaha, REALTY INVESTMENTS. It is rather surprising to the super- ficial observer to note the stiffness manifested by holders of eligible resi- dence and business property in Omaha when approached by buyers and agents, There is an abundance of realty for sale, but fair to choice locations, either in the city or in near proximity, are not pressed upon buyers, and {t is an indisputable fact that values of fir class real estate in this city are fully as stable as during the active years of 1886-7. The bulk of the realty of Omaha is in strong hands. a by men who know that a large profit is certain to come to those able to hold. There has been no bank failure in Omaha’s history; there have been no commercial lures here worthy of note, except where the result 1s tracea- ble to a lack of integrity. Few cities in the country can show so good a racord. Shrewd, level-hoaded men, who have watched the growth of the cities of the ted States for the past twenty ycars, in Omaha the prototype of Chicago. Perhaps our progress will not be so phenomenally rapid, our geographical situation is perhaps mnot as good, but we are just within the gate of as great empire containing hundreds of thousands of square miles of fertile land. This city sits at the re- ceipt of customs of this empire. Who shall gainsay that an enormous enhance- ment of the value of realty must attend upon the growth of a city so favorably situated? We find evidence of what the future is to bring in viewing the outlook to-day. On all sides buildings for residence and store purposes are being erected of a class far superior in cost and style to any heretofore thought necessary. Ar- chitects and builders are busy with plans for structures varying in cost from five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. Capital is coming in from the far cast and from near by, trackage property is very scarce and in demand, showing that heavy industries are seok- ing locations. Inquiries are abundant for good property, prices are strong and holders show no disposition to sell ex- cept at good round figures. The money kings of the country, in- terested in the products of our sur- rounding territory, have certified that Omaha has a certain and assured future commercinl supremucy by investing millions of dollars here in plants for the packing of meats and lard. In plain Ioglish. a struck jury of the brains of the country has said by its actions, that Omaha s destined to outstrip its neigh- hors and take its place as one of the greatest commercial centers of the United States and in time of the world, and hence investors in real estate here are sure of profitable greturns in their realty investments. A MUNIFICENT BENEFACTION. The name of Johns Hopkins is ren- dered imperishable by the great uni- versity which he founded in Baltimore, but his fame as o wise and most gener- ous philanthropist will acquire added lustre from the new hospital constructed in pursuance of his bequest, and which has recently been opened. This insti- tution is one of the largest and most complete hospitals in the world, and its possibilities for good are simply bound- less. It is intended to provide practi- cal work for the students of Johns Hop- kins university, and it is hardly neces- sary to say that it is provided with every modern appliance necessary to a complete institution of this kind. Erectea at a cost of over two million dollars, the great philanthropist made ample provision for its maintenance by an endowment of nearly three and a half million dollars. Tn founding one of the finest univer- sities in this country, and ons of thé most extensive and best appointed hos- pitalsin the world, Johns Hopkins set an example of judicious and munificent be- neficence that has rarely been equalled in any country, and which ought to commend itself to the emulation of the many wealthy men of our land. He did not make these grand bequests from a desire for fame. Johns Hopkins was one of the very few men who have acquired great wealth who regarded their posscssions as given to them for the benclit of their fellowmen. He, himself, said of his wenlth, that he looked upon its possession as a steward- ship, and that the duty of disposing of it with reference to the largest possible benefit of humanity was ever before him. Born poor, and winning his way to great fortune by the exercise of exceptional ability and energy, the acquirement of wealth did not dull his interest in the welfave of his fellowmen, but rather broadened and intensifiedit. With the growth of riches the sense of his duty to employ what he believed had been simply given to him for the purpose of benciitting humanity grew stronger. How well he discharged this duty, the institutions that bear his name witness, and for ages they will stand among the most honorable and useful examples of a wisely-direcied philanthropy in this or uny other country, The decision of the United States su- preme court in the famous suit of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines against the city of New Orleaus, closes the last chapter 1n a legal contest that continued for two generations, Filty-three years ago Mrs. Myra Guines, then Mrs. Whitney, entered suit in the United States circuit court of Louisiuna against the city of New Orleuns for the use and value of land belonging to the estuto of Daniel Clark, her father. Clark wus a uative of Ireland, n man of large fortune, active and thrifty, He made his home in New Orleans, and died there in 1813, It was not generally kuown that he was married, consequently the will made by him in 1811, leaving all his property o his mother, was admitted to probate. In 1821 the executors, under this will, sold the réul estate, situated in the heart of New Orleans, to the city for four thou- suod seven hundred and fifty-nine dol- lars, Myra Clark was born in 1806, Her mother was Zulime Carriere. She wus raised in the family of Colowe! S. B. Davis, at the instauce and request of Daniel Clark, and was ignorant of her true name and parentage until her mare- ringe in 1832, Two years later she dis- covered that her father made a second will in 18¥2, acknowledging her as his chiid and making her sole heir to his estate. The litigation which ensued has ‘no paratlel in the history of the country. Beginning in 1834, Myra fought through the entire range of the courts to vindi- cnte her bifthright. Six times the case came up in the supreme court in vari- ous forms, and forty yenrs passed before the brave little woman had the satis- faction of proving that she was the rightful heir of Daniel Clark. That was the beginning of the end. Then followed suits for ejectment, and for the balance of rents, unimproved land, etec., aggregating nearly two million dollars. The decision rendered last Monday practically exhausts all the resources of the law, and is regarded as a final sottlement. The court allows $576,708, but rejects the balance of the claim on the ground that it is unreliable, and that the possessor is not bound to change the state of the land. The amount of the judgment will leave little or nothing to the heirs. After half o century of indefatigable effort and the expendituro of the for- tunes of two hushands, death claimed the plaintiff. Her surviving heirs are a daughter-in-law and two grandchil- dren. The costs of the case have been enormous. The printing of the last record alone cost ten thousand dollars, and two strong men were required to carry it into the supreme court. Few cases in our legal jurisprudence possess such thrilling and romantic interest. The offspring of a secret mar- riage, kept in 1ignorance of her parent- age, dispossessed of her rights, she displayed indomitable will and per- severance in battling against prejudice and calumny, 1n overcoming legal and financial obstacles, which few men, much less a woman, would dare to face, and left her heirs an unsullied name and a moderate fortune. And® one can not help rogretting that death claimed Mrs. Gaines on the threshold of u greav legal triumph. N PROFIT SHARING. is for attain- ing an equitable distribution of wealth, ater economy in production, and rial peace, profit ‘sharing has received some consideration. But the principle is not generally understood, aud for this reason the plan has made comparatively little progress. Such as it has made, however, has been notably successful. A valuable contribution to popular instruction regarding profit sharing 1s a book recently issued, in which the principle is fully explained und the results of experience in its application set forth. Profit sharing contemplates the di- vision of productive forces into three agents—capital, managemc.. and labor—and the division among them of the profits of the business. Capital re- ceives the current rate of interest, man- agement the prevailing salaries, and labor the prevailing wages. All above the amount required for the satisfaction of these demands is d ed among laborers and managers, according to the worth of each as measured by wages and salaries, less a certain sum to be set aside for a repair and risk fund. As generally practiced, the laborer is as- sured of his regular wages, whether the business pays or not. When times are goad, he participates in the profits, while in bad times he suffers no loss beyond that of the possible and variable bonus. Th expel sharp edges of competition, fies the employe with the busi- ness, making him to all pur- poszes a partner with none of the risks of partnership, increases the quantity and improves the quality of the pro- duct, promotes care and economy in tho use of implements and matorials, di- minishes labor difficulties and lessens the cost of superintendence. The suc- cessful application of this plan has in- dubitabl tablished these results. Profit-sharing was first introduced in France nearly half a century ago, and it is at present more generally on trial in that country than elsewhere, and it has also been most successful there, There are notable instances of profit- sharing having been of the greatest possible benefit to both employes and employers. Some of the wealthiest es- tablishments in France date the be- ginning of their progress from the adoption of profit-sharing. Yet notwithstanding the well-attested benefits of the system, in the nearly half a century since it received its first trial there are only one hun- dred and seventy-three cases recorded, thirty-two of which are in the United States. There have been one hundred and thirty-seven successes and thirty- six failures, one-fourth of the failures being due to causes having no relation to the principle of profit-sharing. Cer- tainly a system that shows more than four successes for every failure, even with the limited trial this plan has re- cewved, commends itself as worthy of attention and serious consideration. That it would prove in general practice to be a complete solution of the labor problem is rot to be supposed, but there is every reason to believe that its ex- tensive adoption would have a decided tendency to promote industrial peace. PERIENCE I simple plan, itis claimed, and ence has demonstrated, dulls the identi- AMEMORIAL TO HORACE GREELEY . Horace Greeley, the founder of vhe New York 7ribune, has been dead nearly seventeen years, There are few Americans who better deserve to have their memory perpetuated in grauite and marble than the great edi- tor who did more than any other to make Americsn journalism illustrious, und whose services to his country and to humanity were unsurpassed by any man of his time. Shortly after the death of Mr. Greeley a large and influ- ential committee was formed in New York for the collection i money tu erect & monument to his memory. An appesl made by this committee for con- tributions brought responses to the amount of several thousand dollars, but public intercst in the matter was al- lowed to die out, and the fund was put on investment. Subsequently the typo- graphiocal union of New York city and the Grand :‘.rm_\" the Republic post that bears the namd%t the dead aditor organized a special movement to raise funds for a fitting statute. Recently the two funds have veen consolidated, amounting to ten thousand dollars, and the well-known sculptor, Doyle, awardea the contract for tho proposed memorial,which it is intended to erect in the city hall square in New York. 3! But the sum in hand is insufficient for carrying outythe plan of the pro- posed statue, andean-organized offort is to be made to increase it to tventy-five thousand dollars. For this purpose an appeal will be made to the printers and editorial fraternity of the United States, in order that the monument may have more the character of a national than a local tribute. Such an appeal ought to meet with an immediate and general response. Kvery member of the edito- rial fraternity in the United States should feel it to be a proud privilego and a grateful duty to cortribute to a memorial to the foremost of American editors. Among all the great men who contributed to make the press of the United States a potential and respected force Horace Greeloy is universally con- ceded to have held the first place, and the great wori he did was not less valu- able than that accomplished by the sol- dier or the statesman. Amcrican jours nalism owes him a great debt of grati- tude and honor, and it can in no other way so well attest its sense of the obliga- tion as in generally contributing to the erection of a memorial thut will be worthy of tha most distinguished of American editors. —— THE Iowa roads are the principal of- fenders in discriminating against Omaha. They make it a rule to treat Omaha shippers seeking the Omaha market with contempt, The object is plainly to discourage the shipment of stock to the Missouri river, in order to profit by the long haul to Chicago. This is a grave abuse, which is working to the detriment of both the farmers of Towa and the cattle interests at Omaha. It is not so much an issue of rates, but one of speedy connections and proper freight facilities. The time is there- fore at hand when the question must bo squarely met whether or not shippers shall be given equal accommodations in ashort as well as a long haul. The Towa railroads are practicing a species of dis- crimination out of harmony with the principles of they intur-state law. The attention of the Futowstate commission should be diredbed to the aggravating evil, and the sooref ¢he abuses are cor- rected the better it will be for the pork and beef industries, not alone of Oraha but of every paoking center in Ne- braska and Iowa mage or less depend- ent upon local territory for a supply. MR. Wmmuu,‘su rvising architect of the treasuryyid ¥rodited with the commendable pukpp® of introducing a reform in the grohikocture of the fod- eral buildings. He i8 said to have ex- pressed a desire to give the buildings erected under his‘administration a dis- tinguished characteristic of solidity and simplicity, so that they may be easily recognized as federal buildings, and not be mistaken for school houses, churches or railway stations. For the past few years the aim has been, as shown by the last report of the super- vising architect, to make the govern- ment buildings as showy as possible, and all stylea of architecture have been employed. Thore is great opportunity for national reform in this matter, and Mr. Windrim will accomplish an excel- lent work if he shall effect it. — SENATOR MANDERSON’S threat to de- feat the confirmation of ex-Senator Saunders in case Secretary Windom sees (it to disobey the imperial mandate of the *““Juke” of Omaha in locating the new postoffice, is applauded heartily by home organs that supported Grover Cleveland in the last campaign. Heretofore the senator has always been shocked at the republicans who logked to democratic and mugwump papers forincense and praise. But times have changed. — SECRETARY TRACY has demonstrated his ability as a careful business man at the head of the money department in more ways than one. He has just effected a saving of two millions and a half in the purchase of supplies for the different bureaus. This is a specimen of practical reform which commends itself to other departments of the gov- ernment. THE business men of Omaha have acted promptly upon the paternal ad- vice of Mr. Hitohcock to advertise in THE BEE now, rather than wait for its impending decline, They have crowded nearly eighty columns of advertise- ments in this edition, and a number of our patrons were turned away disap- pointed because we could not accommo- date them with space. —_— CoMPLIMENTS of THE BEE to its patrons, with seventyteight columus of paid advertisements and ninety columns of cabie letters, forefgn and domestic correspondence, . lpcal news and a sym- posium of interesting, entertaining and instructive matter for Sunday reading. m————rerr— THE grave has haraly closed over the remains of Allen @horndike Rice, and already candidates for the Russian mis- sion aure harassing” Secretary Blaine and the president ‘with their al claims, e 2 s e r— Tue bondholdggs ¢f the Chicago & Atlantic have applied to Judge Gresham for areceiver. It is quite ap- parvent that other railroads than the Wabuash, need the water squeezed out of them, E———— Tug journeyman plumbers and master plumbers should adjust their differences by arbiteation. The contest they are engaged in is ruinous not only to those immediately concerned, but damaging to the whole city, —— Ir is now quite evident to the board of education that the voters of Omaha are decidedly ovposed to the erection of any addition o the high school during the present year, Alexander | AS OTHERS SEE US. Observing Arber Day. Chicagn Herald, Nebraska Man—‘‘How many trees did you sot out on Arbor day, neighbor " “Lset out fifty good ones, I'ma groat be- liever in Arbor day myself. “So am I Up our,way wo've traveled as far as three miles with a horse thief to find a tree. To Escape the Police, Beatriee Democrat, The city council of Omaha now holds its sossions behind closed doors, This is done 1o prevent the police from running the coun- cilmen in for “drunk and disorderly.”” Settling the Kasnion for Pah-nee Chicago News, Buffalo Bill is now in Paris. Probably it will not be long before the sombrero will find its way into fashionable circles as the latest Parisian novelt The Striking mbers. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Omaha plumbers are on a strike— rather a reckless procoeding considering that the frost is out of the ground. Always Interesting. Kearney Enterpr ise, Omaha is ulways interesting. Her at- tractions cover a wide range and are fre- quently startling or unique, but never dull. The little misunderstanding between prom- inent citizens in tho First national bank Tucsday, ended in an arrest for highway robbery. This is Omat A Domestic Idyl Chicago Tribune, Horton Bailey, of Omaba is suing for divorce, and ono of his allgations is that his wife once hit him on the head with a picture frame in which was the motto: “God Bless Our Home." The Liucid Missouri. Kearney Hub, Some of the Omaha cocktail drinkers are objecting to the use of ice cut from a point in the Missouri river below the sewer and garbage dumps. The waste mattor of sev- eral large cities above Omaha are mixed with the waters before they reach that city, and a person who ebjected %o the use of Mis- souri river ice in his drinks altogether ought not to be considered overly nice. ez g S, THE FOOLED ELM. Elia Whesler Wilcor, The bold young Autumn came riding along One day where an elm tree grew. ““Youare fair,” ho said, as she bends her head, “Too fair for your robe’s dull hue. You are far too young for a garb so old; Your beauty needs color and sheen. 0, 1 would clothe you in scarlet and gold, Befitting thy grace of a queen. “For one little kiss on your lips, sweet Eln, For just one Kiss—no more. T will give you—I swear—a robe more fair Than ever a princess wore. One little kiss on those lips, my pet, And lo! you shall stand, I say, Queen of the forest, and better yet, Queen of my heart alway.” She tossed her head, but—he took the kiss ('Tis the way of lovers bold), Aud a gorgeous dress for that sweet carcss He gave cre the morn was old. For a week and a day she ruied a quecn In beauty and splendid attire; For a week and a day she was loved, T ween, With the love that is born of desire. Then boid-oyed Autumn went on his way, Tn quest of a tree more fair, And mob winds tattered her garments and scattered .. Her fluery here and there, Poor and faded, and ragged and cold, She rocked and moaned in distress, And longed for the dull green gown she had sold : For a lover's fickle caress. And the days went by, and the winter came, And his tyrannous tempests heat On the shivering tree whose robes of shame He had trampled under his feot. 1 saw her reach to the mocking skies Her poor arms bare and thin. An, woll-a-day, it is ever the way ‘With a woman who trades with Sin. e WHAT | KNOW ABOUT ART. Omaha is willing to coucede that there is some truth in the statement that Chicago is something of an art center. It impresses every stranger entering the city. In every direction the eye can feaston a lavish dis- play of pictorial art, from a flaming circus Poster to a vast aggregation of fomale love- liness in Siamese costumes. So great is the mania for variety and blending of color that Chicago creck has caught the infection and presents on a sunny day a panorama in oil and ultra marme mud tints of rare strength and vigor, " But Omaha is not faf behind the big city by the lakes in all that charms the eye and soothes the mwsthetic taste. We have more patrons and professors of art to the square yard in Omaha than any city on the conti- nent. A few samples will suftice to convince doubters of the truth D£ the claim. First of all comos tho ifanly art. We have sluggers to the right of us, and sluggers who get left, but towering above victor and van- quished stands Prof. Anderson. His recent sole-stirring exhibition was awarded the prize by the distinguished Judge Berka, Mr. Anderson’s prowess, however, is far above the sordid motives of groundlings. With characterisvic generosity he “donated the prize money to the schools, so that the rising Reneration might emulnw his love of art, **x Prof. Isaac S. Hascall is another distin- guished patron of the arts in Omaha. As an artful doager he takes the palm of any man with a job in sight. In urchitectural art he fairly revels. He is right at home among battiements, rocesses, buttresscs and varie- gated walls, Castellated stairs and frown- ing casemates are his hobby. Nownere iu the city can paving material be seen n all its wealth of unadorned beauty and color than in Isaac's turrreted lm;lreu. " Chief Seavey is not only a connoisseur of art, but an artist with figures, With a cul- tivated palateand a natural taste for the Rood things of life, he takes the bum every time. His grip 18 a pocm in collars, & sum- mer 1dyll in shackles. Woe to the artist who attempts to crimson the community and wax enthusiastic over the job, Such a detestable proceeding rouses the chief’s wrath and re- sults n a costly rebuke. Notwithstandinz his austerity, the possession of a brilliant nose is a passport to hl‘ atelier, Chiof Seavey's wattiful care and fatherly vigilance enables him to produce a combina. tion of figures in which the skill of a master hand is displayed. ‘They demonstrate a re. markable transition in the town painting art, When, ten weeks ago, Sunday classes were discontinued, grave fcars were felt in mamy quarlers that serious re- sults would follow. Happily the re- turus dissipate the fears. The Saturday night and Monday worniag classes have ma- terially increased. Instead of a decline in the t. p. art, there has been a registered in- crease of twenty-Lwo novices and veterans over the previous system in nine weeks. These figures refloct the growth of native art in interlor decoration; and measure the taste sud capacity of the people to ab- sorb refined influences. * *"e Another conspicuous wonuwent Lo art iu Omaha is the ootagonal pagoda on Jefterson square. It dttracts ard ropols at the same time. Its wealth ¢ skyline and plotorial embelli shments charm the eye, while the vigor and strongth of the interior decora- tions takes one's broath away. Various artists bave exhausted valuable pasto- pots in giving tono and color to the exterior. Here is a melancholy woman in decolletto dress cut on train, bonding wearily over a washboard, and muttering to the multitude, “‘While there's life thore's soap—use Scrubem’s,”” Near by is a dainty bit of nursery nathos—an infant olasp- g its gripmg stomach with one hand, the other stretching out painfally for a pill. In the purple clouds in the back-ground is & shadowy form of death gleefully chuckling, ““Take heir, tako heir!” There aro other touching sketches of semi-nude art in cheer- ful tones, and one gruesomo study in antumn tints —an aged rounder, wildly clutching his left liver and anxiously groping for a bottlo. * o The new fountains now boing placed in position in the city wark a now era in the tsculptor's art. That at the corner of Fif- eenth and Farnam streets isan outlines skoteh of “Pat I'ord Rejecting Water."” The action is admirablo and perfectly natural, a combination which distin- guishes the true artist with a chisel. The Dodge strect fountain outlines a wealth of flowing whiskers and a face in ropose, which can be readily recognized as a crude sketeh of another ity legislator, The Water Works company deserves credit for preserv- ing in granite the physiognomies of promi- nent city officials. *"e A specimen of the lost arts can bo scon on a window on Douglas strect. It is not labelled, but the color and action indicates *A District Messonger in a Sweat.” In tho early days such activity was necessary in tho business, but wisdom comes with yoars, and the messenger of to-day cannot honestly be accused of running. He is the embodiment of luxurious ease, a protest against haste. The artist should be arrested for libel. o COUNTRY BREEZES. Tho Poor Old Town Pump. Wilber Revublican, William Tippey and George Grant opened their saloons in De Witt last Saturday. Some one seemed to feel sorry for the old town pump which had surprised many an old toper’s stomach during the long “dry soason’ and appropriately draped it in mourning. Tt will not be buried, however, as its friends hope to resurrect it to its former usefulness. Another Soul Made Happy. Elba Gazette. At last tho heart of the poor hungrey edi- tor is made glad. As we were about to leave the office yesterday noon to prepare our usual meal, Mr. Ed Tolan camo in and In- vited us to take dinner with him. Of course we excepted. We think we ate almost enough to last us until our better two-thirds returns. Thanks Ed como again. Righton t eon’s Edge. Ulysses Herald. We can't afford torun a paper on wind any longer. We can't stand off our paper bills and our house rent forever, although we re- gret to say we have been compelled to do it of late. We want overybody owing us on subscription—and there's lots of you—to call and whack up without further delay. We mean busiuess. We must either have what is coming to us or the Herald will be “in the soup.” Plattsmouth Not the Holy Land. Weening Water Eagle. Some men talk about honor at election times; is there avy-at Plattsmouth when the truth is so closc at hand, that Dagos and dows were used to further their ends at the last election. *Judas” has the reputation of being the meanest man that ever lived, but if Christ had lived at Plattsmouth instead of in the Holy land, Judas would have had to take a back scat, for there are men there that would have sold out thoir Master for half the money Judas got—thero were no editors in those days A Chance for Revenge. York Times, An exchange asks, “is moncy dangerous?” Of course it is. Everybody ought to know that. The best posted men will never have any of iv around them on any consideration. Twenty cents have been known to knock a man down and choke him until ho was black in the face, and a half dollar will often get up in the night and murder an entire family. S0 notorious has this bocome that everybody is running away from money like children from school, and some are going crazy for fear they will make a dollar some day bofore thoy kuow it. If you are down on the Times and want revenge como in aud leave the dol- lars on our table, when we are out. Nota Model Policeman. Flobe. The men who have officiated as night- watch are men who usually see double and whose duplicity of vision inc s inversely as the square root of the contents of their whisky bottle. In some respects this class of 2itizens is very useful, but when it comes to watching the lives and property of 3,000 people they are out of their sphere. An Eminent Citizen Gone, Grant Enterprise. His leaviug will be a terrible blow to Perkins county, whose safe existence without him is a matter of grave upprehen- sion. When he is gone there will be no check upon outlawry and thugism. The ‘Woolmans, the Fiuks, the Smiths, the Clarks and the Devinneys are already becoming bold, arrogant and insulting, They may be expected to kick and pull the beards of every man whom they find unarmed and against whom their displeasure may be directed. When he is gone the bulwark of moral recti- tude is utterly destroyed, the levee of our local security is demolished, and the waves of corruption, infamy, outrage and ruin will sweep over and engull us all. Butif he must go we bid him farewell with as much firmuess as it is possible for us to comauad under such heartrending circumstuances, As a touching memwento of his departed glory iet him take with him the piunacle of fame upon which he last perched. . o No Sunday Ball For Him. Seatia Republican. We are not over-pious ourself, but some- bow or another our couscienco is always stricken (and we ara badly bruised), when we play ball on Sunday. We never have played more than two or three games of ballon Sunday, and we have always been soverely punished for it. Once in particular, we remember of playing principal behind the bat 4 back stop, The ball had no mercy on us, for it cawe pell mell, twistivg and squirming, while we were trying trying to porsuade ourself that it would be no wrong 10 stop & ball even if it was the Lord’s day. Giving up the idea thatit was wrong we spread ourself like an eagle preparing to sail in the biue azure sky, and we tried to imitate some of the celebrated athletos, when all at ouce something happened snd the ball stopped after playing arouad our proguostigators uutil our tonkue \as vrimmed all uround with & beautiful red fringe. - The Beatrice Democrat thinks Schwein- furth, the [llivois pretouder who claims to be Jesus Corist, is not eves & religious crank, but a “plain, old-fashioned fraud for revenue only,” and advises, s crucifixiou is now out of style, that ke be treated Lo & coat of tar and featbers. FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK, Not one recent invention bids fair to add more to our comfort than the use of Indias rubber for paving, says the St. Lonis (iloboe Democrat. It 1s an_enormous strido from cobble-stones to asphalt, but from that to rubber is a greator. It was first used in 1887 by Herr Busse, of Linden, Prussia, for pave ing a bridge of somothing over 10,000 squarg feot. It proved so satisfactory that it wad tried on a given area of carriage-way in Hane over. Borlin then tried the samo materialy and with favorable resuits, The new paves meont is said to have the resistance of grane ito, and the elasticity peculiar to itself. It ig affected by neither heat nor cold, and travel over it is perfectly noiseless. The question of expense I8 now to be considered. The evils of minor insurance are constantly boing emphasized in England, whore the practico of taking out policies on the lives of children prevalls, says the San Francisco Chronicle, The most rocent illustration of the dangers of tho system comes from Dept- ford, where a woman who has insured tho lives of twenty-soven rolatives 1s accused of poisoning fiveof them to secure the insur- ance. The latest victim is a boy eleven years of age, whoso body on exhumation showed strong signs of arsenioal poisoning. As a reward for the flendish deed the woman received £20, tho amount for which the life of the boy was insured. The movement among workingmen to make eight hours a legal day’s work is more widesproad now than at any previous timo. The Federation of Labor is agitating tho subject through trades unions in all parts of the country, and 1t is proposed to keep this up until May of next year, when 1t is to culminate in a general demand for the short day, If this is not acceded to the plan 1s to inaugurate a general strike. It 18 very doubtful, however, if even the Federation will think it wise a year hence to carry out this plan. A disastrous failure would delay and damage the cause to a very great oxtent, and uniess the conditions are materially changed there will boa poor prospect for success, says the Philadelphia Press. The movement has much to commend it, and {s entitled to the sympathy of every righte thinking man, But it can not be made to succeed as the result of arbitrary action on the part of either workmen or law-makers, If the farmers of this country should insist on getting §.50 per bushel for their wheat, with an over-supply at home and abroad, does any one suppose that they could succeed! Speculators put up the price of wheat last December, and as a result, notwithstanding tha short crop, there will be an cnormous sure plus carried over to another year. If thera was a prohibitory tarift on wheat, and tho farmers could afford to hold it and stop pro- duction, they might succeed in such a movo. ment. But those are not the conditions. In the same way the workmen can not afford to remain idle, even if employers could afford to pay the same wages for elght hours' work * as for ten; while the temporary success of such a movement would increase immigra tion to the extent of untold millions. As long as the doors are open for all Europo to come here, and as much 18 paid here for eight hours’ work as is paid there for sixteen, an eight-hour movement may not succeed in this country. One necessary step toward the suc- cess of the movement would be a law re- stricting immigration, Many thousands of Italiaus, for instances, now como to this country and work for miserably low wages through the summer and return home to re- main idle during the winter, Anthing that will increase the demand for foreign labor will bring immense droves of these people ta this country. Collector Webster,of the Dubuque district, which i8 made up of forty-nine counties of northern Iowa, has written a letter mn which he asserts that Governor Larrubee was much too sanguine when he asserted that prohibition was enforced in eighty counties in Towa. So far as regards his own district, the collector says there is not a county 1 it, ‘“nor a town of three hundred inhabitants or over, for which retail liquor dealers’ licenses have not been fssued, and in every county the number of licenses issued, when taken together with the number of ‘boots leggers'—people who sell without liconses— convicted, indicates an increase in the nume ber of dealers as compared with the number in existence before the prohibitory law toolk effect.” In other words, says the New York Commercial-Advertiser, prohibition in Iowa, actually increases the evil it was intended to abolish, and is a demoralizing measure, which Pennsylvania would do well to take account of, now that her prohibitionists are about to | try to put prohibition into the state constitus tion. A humiliating spectacle was witnossed in New Castle, Del,, last Saturday—humiliate ing not only to the nominal victims, but even more 80 1o the self-respect and dignity of the state by whose laws it was sanctioned., Five negroes and seven white men, who had been found guilty of the crimes of larceny, highway robbery and horse stealing, werd publicly whipped aund pilloried, and the re- volting scenc was witnessed,and prosumably enjoyed, by some hundred and fifty spece tators. It would be interesting to penetrate the minds of these twelve criminals, says the New York Times, and read the effect which this barbarous mode of punishment roally had as a reformatory agent. 1f human nature in the criminal classes is the same as in the respectable elements of the commune ity, it is safe to assume that being publicly lashied and pilloried does not predispose tho victim to regard the community which inflicts the brutal punmishment with aoything like friendly foclings. He may, aud probably will, avoid it in the future, but he will go elsewhere to repeat his criminal practices the enormity of which neither the lash nor the pillory 18 calculated to impress upon him, The public lashing of men and sub- jecting them to the punishment of the pillory must of necessity brutalize the people wha participute in the work as spoctators, Oup own state has abolished the practice of pub. lic executions on this very ground, that they were deworalizing, and year by year the bost newspapers of the land are restricting the space given to destriptions of hangings and other revolting criminal penalties, ‘Ihere is a strong and very noticeable tene dency in this age, or in & portion of it, to re- turn on routes once traveled by mankind when humanity was less civilized, less de- cent, less chaste, says the Chicago Herald ‘I'here are in history cycles around which the masses moved, insvired by varying motives, amoug which concupiscence has taken @ prowiment part, ‘The famous Grecian courtesanship, with its splendid allurewments, is one of the wost conspicuous of these debased phases of hus man action; the voluptuousness of periods in the existence of the Assyrians; brilliant and intellectual licentiousness of the elghteenth century in France; and that form of laxity in the morals of menand women that pre- vailed in England during the seventeenth atury—are all cycles, recurring at fntors vals in which the nations have moved, Just st present there is another one of these peculiur formations—that 1s being de- oped in society, more especially in cone nection with the stage, There is existiug a condition that is i uo sense less reprehonsie ble than the unchaste Babylonian orgics, o those in bouor of he Cyprian Venus. Open and flagraut violstions of the seventh com- mundinent are constantly ocew considerable element of {nepuhfifl!hm & }Zfi.‘i"’“&‘u’"{‘fl"‘x‘"“i‘"fi snd to some extent, y ita ey wmm.um-p