Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. - TERMR OF SUBSCRIPTION. Edi luding Sunda; iz Bdition) including Sun 'fln:"n ForThree Months 250 e Omuha Sunda, 20 0 2 Corner Omana oa, Bee Hulldi w. Beventeenth and Farnam Streets, Cnleago Ofice, 167 Rookery Buflding. New York Office, ltooms 14 and 15 Tribuns Pullding. Washington Office, No. 013 Four- teentn Stroet. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edl- wrlal matter should be addressed to the Editor the Hee Yol RBUSINESS LETTERS, All businoss letters and_remittancos should addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omiha Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to ‘bemade payablo to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER, Kditor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Ciroulation. Btate of Nobraska, },,. County of Douglas, George B, Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bee Pub- Hshing Combany, doss solemnly swenr that the actual cireniation of THE DAILY BEE for the week ending June 22d, 1660, was as follows jonds esdav, June 1 ednesday, June 19 . Thursday, Juno % . Friday, June 21, Baturday, June 5. Average...... TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed to {n my presence this 24 day of Juno, A. D, 1889 8e N."P. FEIL, Notary Publie. Btate of Nebraska, = County of Douglas, { %% George BB, Tzscliuck, being duly sworn, de- wes and says that le'ls socretary of The'Beo Publishing company, that the actual averago dally circulation of The Daily loe for the month of June, 1558, 1022 coples: for July, 1688 1030 copie; for August, I8, 1815} coples: for Evptember, 1883, 18151 coples: ' for October, 1%,(84 coples; ‘for November, 18,223 ' coples for Februa 1R006 €0 April, It 2 coples. 0. B. TZSCHUCK. ~Sworn to before me and subscribed in my . [Senl.] 1;@:;0;:@ this 3d day of June, A. D, P. FEIL, Notary Public. AMERICAN HORSE has impressed the Bioux commissioners at Pine Ridge with the fact that he has good horse- senso. VENEZUELA successfully weathered a peaceful vevolution, and a Cape May belle eloped with her father’s French cook. Tife is worth living. THERE is cause for much rejorcing in the announcement that Senator Black- burn did not pull Senator Chandler’s ears. Peace again perches on the granite hills, and Kentucky is spared the expenses of a funeral. THE wheat harvest, this year, prom- ises to: equal, if not exceed, the great record of 1884, when five hundred and thirteen million bushels were harvested. The aggregate acreage is the greatest since 1884, and the condition of the growing crop is all that could be de- sired. AN ex-assemblyman of New York city is at present confined in the Queen’s county jail on the charge of stealing lunches from a hotel. The un- fortunate man is to be pitied, rather than condemned. The thaft is o clear example of how strong the ruling pas- sion is after once the legislative habit has been acquired. — THE farmers of the state do not appre- clate the full value of the flax crop. In addition to realizing a snug sum from the seed, the fiber, properly woven and greased, vpossesses all the persuasive power of hemp as a specific for crime. The number of foul murders recently committed in the state opens up a rich fleld for the flax industry. THE money has been raised for lay ing a telegraphic cable from San Fran- cisco to the Sandwich islands. I'rom that point it is merely a question of a short time when telegraphic communi- cation will be established with Japan, China and Australia. We shall have an electric girdle around the world within the next three years. - ARIZONA proposes to hold a constitu- tional convention next winter for the purpose of giving expression to the movement for statehood. The people of that territory possess the rare fac- ulty of getting what they go after. If they cannot get statehood peacably, they are fully competent to ‘‘hold up” the union and walk in without an invi- tation. THE fame of the American engineer is evidently not circumscribed by the Atlantic seaboard or Pacific slope. The recent completion of a great railroad pridge across the Hawkesbury river, in Australia, is a tribute to his genius. ‘While the contract secured for building & new artificial harbor at Yokahoma, in competition with the engineers of Eng- land and France, speaks well for his en- terprise and ability. — THE graduates of the Omaha high _ school will listen, to-day, to what cor- responds in colleges to the baccalau- reate sermon. Within a few days they will celebrate their commencement, and the ceremonies peculiarly appropriate to close their school days. The occasion s one of hopefulness where the future looks radiant and the world as inviting a8 a garden of roses. This should there- fore bo a red-letter week for these young people, and they will look back upon it in years to come as & pleasant land mark in their lives. THELRE is a striking contrast between the assessment of railroad property in Douglas county, Nebraska, and Potta- wattamie county, Towa. The returns of the Towa board show that theve are one hundred and twenty-five miles of rail- road in the latter county, with an as- sessed valuation of one million seven hundred thirty-four thousand one hun- @red and sixty-four dotlars, or a fraction ess than fourteen thousand dollars per mile. In Douglas county the state board reports one hundred and six miles of road, valued at seven hundred and sev- _enty-six toousand and eighty-three dol- lars, or an average of seven thousand ~ three hundved and twenty-one dollars per mile, nearly half the assessed valua- tion in Towa. This is & remarkable con- trast to say the least. It shows that the ~ railroads have s few profitable {riends ~ fnofice in Nebraska. PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN. Boston has recently opened a great playground for her school children in one of the large parks of the city. It consists of thirty acres, arranged for all kinds of simple, healthful, children’s games, and on the ocension of its dedi- eation nine thousand school children participated in the exercises. This admirable example is to be fol- lowed ‘in Brooklyn, where a society has been organized for the pur- vose of eecuring action by the city authorities for the establish- ment of playgrounds for tne children. Referring to the Boston playgrounds, the Advertiser of that city say “Why should nov every city provide some simple, wholesomo and inexpensive amusoment for its little folks? Play is no less necessary to a boy or girl than pure air or nutritious food. It is an in- dispensable condition of health. No one doubts, or the namber who doubt is small, that a municipality does no more than its duty in main- taining a board of health whoso functions inciude the oversight of drainage, attention to the sanitary stato of dwellings, and efforts to pre- vent contagion. IKven putting aside all considerations of youthful pleasure, and regarding the subject in iws bearings upon public health, there are strong reasons for claiming that such an in- stitution as the playstead is required in order to promote the public health. The wise physician will not hesitate to predict that the death rate among chil- dren might be noticeably diminished if evory boy and girl in the crowded cen- ters of population could have a spacious playground.” The reasons for such an institution in Boston or Brooklyn are doubtless much more urgent than in smaller cities like Omaha, particularly in the matter of the health of the children, but from the standpoint of pleasure and morals a children’s playground would be found a good thing in every considerable city. It would attract to the enjoyments of its privileges hundreds of children who must otherwise find their pleasure in the streots and among associations more or less corrupting and demoraliz- ing. There is a suggestion for our park commissioners in the action of Boston in providing a place specially dedicated to the play and pleasuves of its children. ‘While they are considering plans for a system of they may wisely and properly give some thought to particu- lar provision for the enjoymsnt and welfare of the children of Omaha, the number of whom not a great many years nencs will be large as the juvenile population of Boston is at this time. Undoubtedly play-grounds for childven will in a fow years be an institution of most of the large cities of the country. The plan has everything to commend it. Omaha is about to take its first step in establishing “breathing places” for its population, and among the valuable suggestions it will receive, that which Boston bhas just furnished should receive the careful consideration it obviously merit: UDY OF 1CIDE. Statistics show that suicide is in- creasing in nearly all countries with tervible rapidity. In the July number of The Popular Science Monthly, Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim presents a study of the subject of voluntary death, pro- ducing the statistics of two Freuch in- vestigators which show that in most European countries the number of suicides to each million inhabitants has within various periods of from twenty to sixty years generally doubled, and in s cases trobled. Austvia, Prussis the smaller German states and France show the larg- est increase, while Italy, Spain and Ireland show the lowest number. Ingland does not show the alarming increase of the leading continental countries, on account, it is supposed, of nher more settled social condition. The Freuch statisticians express a doubt as to the reliability of tneir statistics showing an increass of suicides in the Unfted States, on account of its rapidly increasing population, but De. Pilgrim thinks that any one who will pay atten- tion to the subject will be convinced that a marked increase is annually tak- ing place in this country. Besides dissipation, reverses of for- tune and overwork, love, jealousy and vremorse play an important part in the etiology of self-destruction. The statistics presented show that males exceed females in the proportion of four to one. Other interesting facts are that when marriage is childless the number of suicides is doubled in men and trebled in women. and that mater- nal love diminishes the number of sui- cides among widows with children by one-third over those of childless unions. While the excess of male over female suicides is true in general, Dr. Pilgrim says it certainly is not the case in those who are insane. His own experience has led him to believe that suicidal tendencies in the insane are quite as frequent among women as among men, and the former frequently show the more determination and persis- tence. In the outside world men lead more exciting lives and are subject to greater mental strain than women, and it is therefore natural that they shouid mere frequently resort to suicide. Another probable reason for the com- parative infrequency of suicide among women is that they ave better endowed with religious fervor and possess a larger share of hope. Only in Iudia and Japan does this rule fail to hold good, the number of suicides among women in those countries being twice as great as among men, a fact which bears striking witness to the hard- ships of woman’s lot in countries re- moved from the influences of civiliza- tion. The months in which the fewest sui- cides oceur, as shown by the statistics, are October and Novewmber, while the greatest number occur in April, May and June. July and September also have'a goodly share, the latter possess- ing a peculiar fascination for women, This refutes the old 1dea that suicides oceur most frequently in damp and gloomy weather. Another remarkable factis that the progressive increase and decrease in the number of suicides coincide with the lengthening and the shortening of the days. It is also o established fact that the more rugged natures of men impel them to seel conrser means of self-destruction. such as the revolver, the razor and the rope, while women, on the contrary, seldom resort to measures which they think will disfigure them, and there- fore most frequently seek death by poisoning, asphyxia, or drowning. Con- sidering the question, Is suicide an evidence of insanity? Dr. Pilgrim says cases innumerable might be cited where persons of undoubted sanity have com- mitted suicide for the purpose of escap- ing punishinent, suffering or disgrace. In fact, a great many of the suicides of which we daily read, probably the ma- jority can not be considered due to cerebral diseases, but must be looked upon rather as the result of social luws, combined with false training and edu- cation. The recently published report of the board of health of New York city sup- plies etatistics showing that during the past eight years theroe hus been no- crease in the average number of sui- cides in that eity, although the popula- tion has boen steadily incrensing, and the fact is attributed to the moral effect of the law enacted in 1881 making ah ottempt at suicide a crime. The majority of suicides in New York ure persons of foreign birth, the proportion being two-thirds foreign and one-third native, The Germans, and more es- pecially those from the northern part of the German empire, head the list, and about two-fifths of the number of suicides are Germans, Ttaly avd Ive- land show a falling off, while Bohemia and Belgium show an increase. The list of suicides for the past three months shows no one of Bnglish birth, nor was there a suicide wmong the enormous Hebrew population, drawn chiefly from ussin, Hungary and Poland, The numbor of suicides in New York among those born in the United States is velatively lower than it used to be, and there ave few cases of self-destruction among colored men or colored women. The fact that the advance of por enhightenment and the in¢ the advantages of a higher do not diminish the number of persons who seek relief from the ‘*‘slings and arvows of outrageous fortune” in self- ruction, but, on the contrary, the well challenge the earnest attention of moralists and soriologi AMERICAN SI'YLIZ IN ENGLAND. American mothods and manners are taking strong voot in England. There is a harmony of design nnd detail in th official acts of both countries which ev dences & common parent cent events 1llustrate this str ilarity. The Duke of Edinburg, while play the role of admiral of his mother’s na sent one of his majesty’s high-pri ironclads to the bottom, off the coast of Maitta. The wreck was the result of in- competency and rvoyal imbecility, and popular sentiment demanded ti duke should be tried and pus like the commonest me did not meet favor. The duk to receive his with honors due wrecker, and in g court- martialed, was decorated by his mamma with the Order of the Bath. A year ago a prominent i disappeared from C robbed the public treasur the wealth of the communit) to Canada when exposure came. In- dictment, trial and conviction h terrors for him. He bided knowing that its mellowing off sooner or later work out his And he was not mistaken, The su of his rascally methods and his able escape made him friendsamong that large and growing class which looks upon money, however obtained, as the Omega of human cudeavor. Disreputa- ble deeds were forgotter d and the sharp too! poted lof a ¢ official He had . rioted on and fled Returning to his native shoves, a few weeks ago, his former prosacutor greeted him cheerfully, and od him into court like a returned con- queror. o the judge e ; restrain his enthusiasm until ot fine was imposed. He further honored h1s guest by adjourning court and join ing with the crowd in congratulating the victorious erook. These instances serve to show that American progress finds worthy imitat- ors in the old world. America has her McGarigle, England her Duke of Edin- burg. What more is needed to coment the friendship of the Euglish speaking nations? e e . THREER NEW UNIVERSITIES. The educational facilitios of America will soon be materially augmented by the addition of three great universities which create an epoch in the educa- tional world. They are the Stanford university at Palo Alto, California, the Clark university, at Worcester, Ma: chusetts, and the Rockefeller university, soon to be erected in Chicago. All these institutions have been richly endowed by the gifvof millions, and will embrace in their purpose the higher education of our people along the lines of intellec- tual progress. Great expectations are built on the success of the Stanford uni- versity, which is to carry out the prob- lem of industrial education on a grand scale. It will be the first university to cast off traditional exclusive literary training and give pre-eminence to in- dustrial art., The Clark university, of Worceater, which opens its doors this fall, is planned much after the Johns Hopkins university, of Balti- more, Its purpose will be to maintain the highest possible academic standards and give the best inducements for research into the sci. ences and arts, It will freely utilize the experiences both of Europe and America, and will adopt new measures and innovations helpful to the highest needs of modern culture. For that reason Clark university will supplement rather than duplicate the work of the best colleges of the east, and thus se- cure their good will and support. Of the aim of the Rockefeller university of Chicago no definite schewe has been as yet devised, Nevertheless, it is likely 0 become oue of the leading esed nal. SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1880~SIXTEEN PAGES. colleges of the west, and to follow out to a great oxtentthe evolution in edu- cation now in 088, nol alone 1n America, but in Burope. Certainly no more significangmpeeof can be given of the progress offitlb| American people than in the four 'lng of universities of this character, § & Tire growth of loan and building as- sociations in thp hited States during the past few yeirs has been phenome- It is estimated, in the absence of relinble official datagdue to the fact that many of the states ainm.exon‘ho super= vision over building associations, that their number is not less than three thousand, with a capital of at least two hundied millions. The opportunities afforded to men of limited means to acquire a comfortable home through these associations have made them de- servedly ropular. They have conse- quently been of great benefit, and apart from exceptional euses huve been man- aged with rare skill and judgment. That thoy will continue to multiply and increase their uséfulness there can be little doubt. What is paculiar and re- markable moreover about those build- g associations is that thay ave con- fined to no particular ssction of the country. They are found in the thickly settled cities of the eassas well as in the pidly growing towns of the west, and their influenes s more potent in New York, Philadelphia and Boston than in Chicago, Minneapolis or Omaha. [n view of tha graunt sums of money entrusted to building tions, tho various states are propavls taking cognizance of Vtheir existen Laws have been passed bein oporations under the supe state officers and in other w them as much amoenablo to the lay s as savings banks and other fiduciary trusts. The extension of state control over building associations, whileit may hamper their froedom of action, is nevertheless a protection to tho shave- hotders and for that veason is rezarded with faver. Tuuw controversy between the Union Paei and the locomotive engineeers and firemen has undergone a change for the better, and th s reason to believe that a penceful settlement will be had. We congratulate the brother- hoods on this favorable turn of affairs. A settlement of the dispute by arbitra- tion witl materially strength orders in the estimation of the and remove the danger of a s which would have been costly if trous to the company and the and to the entigé w The will ex a far ching influence in favor of arbitration asa just and hon- orable means of settling roversies between labor apd capital, THE death of sm’(mb rz" the noted Boston actor, removes from the stage one of its brightest ornaments and one of its truest gentlemen., For the past quacter of a century this gifted man de- lighted the audionces of New York and Boston especinily{wigh his (ine delini- ation of tho characters found only 1n the classic old sehoel. comedic i Siv Peter Scandal, lute in *The Rivals” were unsurpassed and his nameo will be ciated with his craations as closely as that of Booth with Hamlet, or Salvini with Lear. not men, Tix wearisome str syndicate and the settlers on the Des Moines river lands is no nearer settie- ment than during Cleveland’s admin tration. The hopos of the settlers are now centered on congress, and it is con- fiaently expected that a bill will be passed to compensate them. There is reason 10 believe that President Harri- son agrees with Clevelund on the legal aspeet of the case, and relief can only come through an appropriation to pay for improvements on the land. sle between the Jet To lobe-Deino . he present rallying ery Let somebody call out ' and sce how rapidly Hiw o St, Loui “Geot together” is of the democrats hav'll they will cor Ball High license i cal. It is supported be hus been proved. It gains headway nowledged success. ended Friends. Kansas City Jowrnal, Ircland has mauy times in the past sufferod deeply from thoso whom she had a right to were tier friends, aud the Cronin case is another exumple of it. She may well say, ““Save me frow my friends.” Objects to Being Swallowed. Philadelphia Record, The eeneral verdict of the democracy ap- pears to be that there is room enough i the party for Mr. Semucl Juckson Randall, but not enough room in Mr. Samuel Jackson for the party. AL Prol v Washington Post, From the multiplicity of his confessions as to who killea Dr. Cronin, the haunting suspicion burrows in the public brain that the Hon. Horsethief, Woodrufl is working on space rates. e An Expessive Luxury. Bosdton (obe, According to a' statement by Governor Beaver, it costs ‘i‘ quarter of a million of dollars 1 call the Pennpylvania legislature together 1 extral pession. If it costs so much to harness up @ team of this kind, what must it cost to ridelin it e Education is Uupopular in Georgia. Atlanta Constitution, We are not ready for-compulsory educa- tion, and the masses of our people never will be ready for a systéin Shich compels them %o board and clotha the ghildren of the poor and thriftless during a 8chool year of thirty- five weoks. Truth Between the Lines. Chicago Tribune, Christopher Columbus is about to bhe hon- ored by *a new and elegaut tmonument in New York city. *A proposition for. 1Design for a. ———— ‘What We Have Gained at Berlin, San Franetsco Chrondole. Whether Malietoa is reiustated or whether Germany receives & mouney indemnity is something which really concerns the United States but little, except insomuch as these things form part and parcel of the country’s proposed programme of status and arrange- mont, The great point s that this country has shown a settled foreign policy, and that it is 1n such a position that when it makes any decided demands and backs up thoso de- mands by an unswerving exposition of their justice thoy are bound vo be respected. There is no buncombe in all this, it is the proof of the country’s solf-respoct; it is the preserva- tion of our dignity as a nation. - A Fortunare Mishap. St. Louis Republio, ‘“The Lord made me and then lost the pattern,” says the Rov. Sam Small. "hanks be to the Lord! e — The Havtien Hair-Pulling. Chicago Times. Although Mr. Hippolyte has taken to the hillsof Hayti he is sull very much in the ring, and Mr. Legitime doesn’t make very much progress in crushing out his following. In tho interest of humanity Uncle Sam should sten 1o and put an end to the barbarous affair by knocking Hippolyte's and Legitime's heads togetier till they couldn’t think., But Uncle Sam is a sclfish old chap who doesn't take very much interest in outside humanity even in his kindliest mood -~ Not a Fair Shake. rhi hia press, That Missouri doctor who has challenzod his neighbor, a law to a duel with bowie knives o settle a dispute concerning a recent game cf base ball, is clearly secking a mean advantagoe, It is muc! if the lawyer were to challenge tho doctor to alawsuit in a branch of le; prastice wherein the lawyer Was an export, e il A 3ore Appropriate Torm. The “forec: word ‘“‘indications’ to ofticial bulletin of the ‘bment has not been fol- soothing influence on tho weather. In point of fact the wenther ap- poars to grow mora hardenod, reckloss, and unstablo Lot General Grooly awhile. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazatte, The Indiana supreme court decided that Sundry sha z und hair cutting ave not worls o rssity. Boot blacking and bath- ing will probably come next under the list of luxurics that can be dispensed with. How, About smoking and reading newspapers, it me and riding on ch? It is possible the reform advanco so far as to strike a stone wall and rebound, ARk e Growing Backward. Kansas City Times. A Kansas prohibition newspapersees much comtort in the P’enusylvania election, and solemuly declares that “a vital, living princi- ple can not be | t nside, and it will be succeasful in a fow years. It has taken root, it is bolng watered by the preci deavors of go who wol Thir! '8 uzo Pennsylvania defauted pro- hibition by 2),0)) mujo: Last Tuesday the wajority ageinst prohibition was nearly two hundred thousand. At this rate, how goon will this vital principle show re- sults of rooting und watering? oo 14 HERE AND THERE. It s quite evident that the Nebraska bank- ing law is sure deuth to wildcats. Four casks of imported wine have escaped through the Owaba custom house. The quantity is not sufticient, however, to ma- terially diminish the printing of foreign la- bels at home, With Rhode lsland piled on Pennsylvania and both piled on bitionists, it is about time for these misguided agitators to pause and inguire *Water we here for?? That ancient and thrilling conundrum, “Weather are we drifting,” has lost its po- tent charm in Omaha, Tnere has not been an open ruction in the county board for nearly two weeks, and the English language is gradually convales- cing. After a brief but interesting experience, Alderman Ford pronoses to retire from the banking business and devote his entire time 10 the interests of the city. The daily literary efforts of the sign service bureau are to be rechristened ‘‘fore- custs.” The new title will not change the quality nor increase the auantity of truth which occasionaliy percolates through the bulletins, With the public they will remain “improbabilities.” One hundred and fifty thousand dollars of hard government dollars are about to be blowp iuto the Missouri at this point. There is 1o move effective way of disposing of the surplus. It will prevent an overflow of the treasury and an overflow of the Missouri, and produce a few delightful golden eddies in local pockets. It is now in order for the Sioux to christen General Crook **Man-Afraid-of-His-Hauir, The fact that there isnot enough hair on his pate to whet asealp knife gives him peculiar influcnce over the redskins, who look upon a bald head as_th ence of “bad medi- cine.” The average Indian is level-headed. Enterprise and generosity are character- istics of the strect sweeping contractors. They don’t care a continental for expense, if they ean securo the approbation of the pub- lic. New and novel improvements are about to be introduced. Plush and velvet night- caps are to be placed on the brushes, so as to turn the soul-harrowing whirr of the machine into a soft, seductive lullaby for the sole benefit of the slumbering aris- tocracy of St. Mary's avenue. Hereafter street sweeping will be a serenading party— a Boulanger march in mellow tones. ‘The report that icabergs have made their appearance on the Atlantic is promature. At lnst accounts Charles Fraucis Adams was in Boston. The Volupuk club, of Boston, is about to disband, being unable to find a president possessing the necessary versatility to shape its destinies, 1t is unfortunate that Sulli- van is temporarily engaged in an cffort to Kilrain, An castern weather prophet predicted a week of severe storms, culminating in a life-size cyclone. The storms failed to con- nect, but a spirited runaway team collided with the prophet and smashed him as effect- ually as a rotating ruin, Providence moves in mysterivus ways His mercies to perform. The fate of red-handed Nick Foley, who broke his neck by plunging off a bridge in Auntelope county, is a crude but effective mode of dispensing justice. Bridge jumping can not be commended as a legal ceremony, but ivis swift, cheap and wholesome. As long as the courts shelters murderers, as long as money can purchase freedom for the foulest of assassivs, the people must culti- vate bridges as a means of self-protection, - - AS OTHERS SEE US, But One Eye is Open. Wayne Gazele. Tup Oxana Bee still frantically clamors for an Omaba & Yaoktou railroad, but with very little prospects of ever securing one before the archangel toots bis horn. Gabriel is the only personage who could wake up the sleepy Omahogs. Anything For an Advertisement. Kearney Hub, Omaha is jealous because Dr. Spurgeon ade a favorable comparison of Chicago to Loudon. If the English prelate would only say that Omaha is some better than Babylon that city would smile. The Present Force Good Enough. Lineoln Journal, If some one of the Omaha papers could sooure the reloase of Woodruff and then en- gago his services as circulation swearer, it would distance all its vile contemporaries in amonth's time, All depends on the agility and capacity of the liar employed. And We Will Have "Em, Chicazo Tribune, A sito has at last been selectod for Omaha new custom house, and nothing is now lack- ing to complete the happiness of that aity except a million dollar hotel and Chicago's nog trade. ey COUNTRY BREEZES. Laying ¥or Ben. Valparaiso Tribune, B. W. Riddle, of Cresco, 18 a man that has played the stinker with the Tribune and loft us in the hole for several yoars' subsoription by romoving residence. Nevor mind, Ben, we'll catch you yot. Help the Kditor, Gretna Democrut. Do not be afraid to tell the editor of any nows you might et on to; because he cannot bo around all the time and neglect, his offico duties, Besides, do not expoct too much from him when you do not care to do much yourself. The above is meant for the other fellow, because wo know you do all you can to help your vaper along; we know you do not huat for mistakes and laugh over them, becauso we know you could do botter. A reacherons Memory. Wilher Republican. Last week some evil genius worked sad havoe with the intentions of ye Republican local scribe. To have the privilege of record- ing the matrimonial alliance of two of our most highly respected young people, and to have that privilege frustrated by memory that treacherously informed him that every- thing had been treated, caused him to desire to shoulder the responsibility onto fate, and put in consideravlo time carnestly regretting tho omission. —— TRIBUTES TO ENTERPRISE. suceess. Most ) A Success, . Yanlton Press and Dalestan, Ohaits B vrated its eighteenth sary by occupying its large and hand- some new building, a monument to one of the most marked newspaper successes i the west. An Oceasion to be Proud Of. Siowz City (Ta.) Jowrnal, 3 Edward Rosewater was the proudest maj in Omaha on Wednesday evening as he sat at the bicad of the wable in the new building sk And well he might be. The new building is a splendid monument to his wonderful ndustry and notable success. Deserved Prosperity. Kansas City Jowrnal. Tire Oxama Ber celebrated its eighteentn anniversary by moving into 1ts clegant new building. Tne Bz is to be congratulated upon this deserved evidence of its prosper- ity. Itis ulive, wide awake paper in overy sense of the word, and is a groat credit to the city it 8o ably represeuts. Untiring Industry Did It. Washington Pust. Tho history of Tue Bre is a history of untiring industry, of far-sighted enterprise, and of splendid management on the part of its proprietor, Mr. Rosewater, to whom the Post extends its special congratulations upon the extraordinary success which has crowned his newspaver carcer, ana of which the Bee building is u noble monument. Noubly } Davenport (la.) Democrat-Gazette. Tue Oxama Bre celebrated its eighteenth anuiversary by occupying its new seven- story building and entertaining its friends, Tho editor and proprictor, 13. Rosewater, has succeeded in making a fortune and a most excelient newspaper at the same time, and now, in the primo of life, ho can enjoy the one and direct the uffairs of the other. Tug BEE is the most, prosperous newspaper property in Nebrask Reaping Its Reward. Kansas City Star, ‘Drg Bre richly deserves its splendid suc- cess. Its helpful influence in building up the city of Omaha sud in the advancement of every cnterpriso which has promoted the welfaro of Nobraska has been recognizod by a liberal support which has placed the paver upon a thoroughly substantial footing. Its independent tone and fearless policy has in- creased its power and enlarged its capabili- ties for good. Its friends, and they are many, sincerely congratulate T Bre upon the celobration of its eighteenth buthday under such happy auspices An Ldyl of the Borkshira Hills. Alhert H. Hardy, in Boston Globe. A country boy by the old stone wall, “That koeps the meadow and road apart, Stands handsome and manly and stroug and tall; Avd sturdy is he as the maple tree Thut's by his side. Kor Sam is young And his honest heart is as light and froe As the bird that sings m the summer skies, Ho looks far off o'er the distant hills, Whilo a soft light shines in his hazel eyes ; Aud leaning thero by the meadow wall, He gives this sweot, familiar call: 0 boss ! ho boss ! ho boss!” Now to manhood grown, and the bells sound sweet As the cows come slowly from out the wood ; And he leaves the wall and huries to meet T'he mild-eyed creatures, for they all know The hand that strikes them as they pass Along the road where the daisies grow. And each one stands by the cow-yard bars Seeming well content with the strong brown band That milks them there ’neath the summer stars; And Sam's eyes look love as he sings again The well-remembered, sweet refrain, *Ho boss ! ho boss ! ho boss ! "Twas a day in June, such as poets love, There by his side a fair girl stands, Aud the flying clouds in the sky above Seem o play at forfeits with the sun, How well Sam knows that a lover's Leart Throbs 'ueath his coat, and that every one Of the clover blossoms in the feld Is breathing to him an old love-song, And that every bud a joy can yield. S0 tho malden there by the broken wall Tukes up and sings the old-time call, #Ho boss! ho boss ! ho boss ! Once more Sam stands by the meadow bars With Lis wife beside bim, and her avims Enfold a dear form, whose baby prate Is sweeter to them than the brook's gay song As it flows away at the foot of the hill. Happy they wait, for they know ere long The cows will come from the meadow side So Saw caresses Lis little son, While the young wife looks with joy and pride; And a piping voice o'er the old stone wall Just breathes in baby notes the call, ““Ho boss ! o boss ! o boss.¥ ECONOMIC QUESTIONS, 1 The Use of Oapital. In economic discussions the attention of the public has, of late, been diracted prificipally to the ocontrovorsics be- tween capital and labor; to the claims that the produce is unjustly distrie buted. And since the laborers are con- tinually demanding increased wages, it is generally implied that tho share of the capitalist has boen growing rela- tively as well as absolutely. If this deduction be true, it is only so because the incessant augmentation of capital has progressed more rapidly than the numbers in the ranks of the wago- workers. Whether the laborer has obtained more or less, it is evident that the interest of capital s steadily deecrensing. In the west the rate has dropped from 12 and 10 per cent to 6 per cent upon good se- curity, The city of New York has re- cently borrowed money at less than 2§ per cont, and there is no doubt that the national government could have obe tained all it desired at equally good terms. About 24 per cont then, may be termed the current rate of intevest: for what, in any caso, is puid above that amount, must be looked upon as insur- ance for tho risk attendant upon less solid security Thus is a clear 1llustra- tion of the tendency of interest to fall with overy advanco in matorial pro- gress. Capital that was invested years ago, may still receive its large returns, but the fuvorable openings have all been occupied, and new investments must be satisfied with small profits. Wo may even now begin to in- quire to what g this fall in the rate of interest is tending. It has boon shown by the statistician of tho Inter-state Commerce commission, that taking into consideration all the railroad stock of this country, the aver- age dividend is nothing. How then are the investors remunerated? By various schemes, other than dividends. The manipulation and watering of stock, on the one hand; construction companies, soft contracts with fast freight lines, on the other. But the most prevalent mothod is the self-cm- ployment of the stockholder at a fat salary. Notonly this, but the same person often draws sulavies for filling at the same time offices of the main coms pany and also of the dependent lines. ThLis may probably show the advantage of the possession of capital. This may afford remuneration when the rate of interest has fallen to almost nothing. While capital is indispensible to pro- duction, its abundance may bring it about that the chief advantage to be reaped from its possession will be the self-employment of the possessor. VICTOR ROSEWATER. e FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK. The interior of Africa is gradually comimg within the domain of civilization. The latest evidence of this fact is offered by a proposition which has gaived strong head- way among foreign financiers, a proposition to build a railway between Matadi and Stanley pool. The route suggested is en- tirely in the Congo free state, and the esti- mated cost is 000,000 francs, Two-fifths of the stock is to be taken by the Belgian government, but the control of the road will be international. The projectors are con- vinced of the feasibility of the scheme, and they set forth an array of figures to prova that it can not fail to yield good returns upon the investment. All these govern ments are, of course, solicitous for the wel- fare of the dear natives whose lands and goods they are anxious to take cara of in the the pame of civilization and progress, says the Chicago Times. It is probable, however, that the opening up of the country will be vroductive of benefit to the blacks in cortain directions. The infamous slave trade,against whose illegal and barbarous existence Pope Leo recently felt called upon to protest to the European powers, will no longer endure when the country is honsycombed with rail- roads and commerce bears the light of eivili- zation into adistrict which has boen infested by traders in bhuman flesh and which has thus far known nothing of civilization except its elements of craft, vileness and violence, The revolution us to matters of faith, which was foreshadowed in the recent deliberations of the Presbyterian general assembly in New York, does not appear to be confined to this country. ‘I'he Scottish Free Church assem- bly shows all the signs of the same revolu- tionary tendency. Last month it elected Dr. Marcus Dods, professor of new testament exogesis In its Edinburg college, by a vote of 258 to 165. Thesignificance of this action ap- pears in the record of the same assembly in 1878, which at that time condemuned Dr. Dods and his views “as limiting the sphere and lowering the idea of inspiration.” The doc- tor was publicly censured and ordered to withdraw his objectionable statements, which he did, though he never recanted, and now, only cleven years later, he is triumph- antly elected over his orthodox competitors to & position where his doctrines must carry special authority and exert widespread in- fluence. Thus all the world over, says tho Chi- cago Tribune, there is manifesta disposi- tion to question the mheritances of faith and to bring the old-time doctrines forward where they can be examined in the light of progress and reclothed in the garb of modorn thought and diction. Probably there will be timid souls who will regard this harmonizing of re- ligious and scientific thought as tending to wealen the position of the church, and who can not see that it will come out of the revo- lution stronger than ever. The forward movement has begun, however, Modification of dogmas is the order of the day in the ro- ligious world. 1t 1s as uscless to contend against it as it would have been to resist the rush of the Conemaugh torrent through the broken dam, Our colleges have become the gateways to the inheritance of honorable munhood. It mattered not a greatdeal whether a man Was college educated two or three gencrations ago. It is beginning to matter a great deal now. Stricter lines are being drawn every- where, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. So much is this the case that many men who “quit school” for business now fiud it neces- sary to take special instruction in various lines in order to achieve the ambition new conditions have iuspired. Mon who cared nothing for college themselves are eager W sond their sons and daughters to institutions that will amply qualify them for the lfe struggle that advaucing civilization is mak- ing more dificult and exacting. As a result, our colleges are graduating more studeuts than ever before, and woman is taking her proper place among tne number. We no longer swile patronizingly upon ‘‘sweet girl graduates.” Young women now sre driving the young men 8 close race, and some of them are graduating at the hesd of classes in which the long time imperial sex havo crammed in vain for preferment. ‘Fhere wid be more in proportion anea.