Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1891, Page 4

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M, Douglus | duily circul month of F Mureh cople: 1810, 00, fos; for Nove cember, 180, 23, January, 24,446 conics, onae B, T28CRUCK, Eworn to leforo me, and subseribed in my Presence, this sstdayof Januury 1801, 1801, HE subjoct of the next contest relates o the payment of bills of the last. REGIS 1 has finally come down vith the cashand saved his job. “ALDs well that ends woll. e —— IT 15 0dd that while the last of the great commanders on land and sea are pussing away the pension list continues to increase, Cun sa be ruined if reci- procity is not obtained. Then by all xmoans let Cuba hury up and strike the Blaine gait, ol L THE friends of suicidal legislation ave Becoming very scarce in Nebraska. It one of thoso things of which it is well to Buve adrouth, Wit tho interstate bridge charter a Taw and two more advancing favorably, thero is a possibility of bridges becom- ing a drug in this market. I¥ the Omaha baseball club is deter- mined to capture the scalp of the West- ern association no time should be lost in Teserving Mr. Two Strikes. THEmovement to aholish the code in Furope receives a fresh impetus from the fact that blood was actually spilt at arecent meeting of duellists, AGITATION pays, The county treas- ury is$0,500 better off, asa result of THe B persistent demand for an an- nual settlement of foes roceived by county ofticers, — TuE admirers of the late General Spinner propose to honor his memory with amonument. The fact that the movement did not originate in New Yorlk strengthens its ehances of success. WiAr Cleveland loses by his silver letter is ina measure atoned for by the fact that Springer goes back on him und will nolonger make folish speoches of nomination years before the oponing of the campaign. THEsuperintendents of public institu- tions haveno reason to complain at the prospect of economy this year, They have lia in amplo supplies in the way of previous appropriations against the rainy day of & reform legislature, RA LROADS are paying handsomely for thewr opposition to the general use of sufety couplings. Acting on the princi- ple that corporations maintaining man- killers should pay for the luxury, enst- ern juries are assessing damages rang- ing from $10,000 to 830,000 for lost arms and limbs, — A NEW woman’s council has been or- Banized by Frances Willard, with which sho proposes to “‘overthrow all forms of Iguorance and injustice and apply the clden rulo to society, custom and law, " t is barvely possible Miss Willard has undertaken a larger contract than her age orenergy warrant: It 15 observed thut the people are be- ginning to pass resolutions to the effect that Nebraska is able to take care of her own people. That is true, and it is also true that she could expect no help from tho government. Is anyboay able to 8co what hus been gained by the national advertisement of disaster? THE recent acquisitions of stars to the dramatic firmament, coupled with the remarkable financial success of their dobut, leaves no doubt that the prize ring and the divoree court ave the prin- cipal doors to success on the stage. Prosperity on the latter is mn proportion to the dubious notoriety achieved in the former, E— Tue vigorous action of the commis- sloners in the Mogeath case produced the desired result. A settlement has been cffected by which the register starts the 1891 with a clean balance sheet. The result is satisfactory to all. Throughout the controversy thore was shown a friendly spirit, a generous de- sire toufford the pegister every reasona- bl opportunity to square himself with the county treasurer. 1t was only when he aefied the law and set himseli above public sentiment that the commissioners ‘were compelled to protecs the taxpayers OGENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, The last of that illustrious triumvirate of soldiers whose gonius shed imperish- { ablo glory upon the military history of their country is dead. General William Tecumseh Sherman, geeat in war and no less distinguished in the walks of eivil life, has followed his immortal compeers into the “nndiscovered country,” and nation mourns the irreparable loss: No citizen of the republic held a higher place in the hearts of his countrymen than the great soldier and patriot whose brave battlo with death ended in defeat, and no tribute will be wanting to attest the nation’s appreciation of the splendid genius and the lofty character of the illustrious dead. General Sherman was not only one of the great men of his ,time. He was one cf the groatest in his sphere that this country has pro- duced. The task of determining the place he should occupy in relation to tho other great commanders whom the watr for the union developed, must por- haps be left to the impartial judgment of the historian of the future. Contem- poraneous opinion s divided, and the number of those who would assign him tho first place is very large. But neither his fame nor that of any other will suffer if it be said that as a soldier he had no suporior among his comtem- poraries, while in some respects he was uncqualled. Especially was he pro- eminent as a master of strategy, his great ability in this respect being shown on every march that he made and in every battle where he com- manded, His military genius, however, was not limited to this. In all the quali- ties that maken great commander he was splendidly equipped. Quick of por- ception, promut to act, tremendously vigorous without impotuosity, pro- foundly skillful as a tactician, and clear- headed in all circumstances, General Sherman’s victories were won by con- summate generalship. He was not al- ways successlul—Cmsar and Napoleon were not—but when the vast service he performed is considered it will be found that no union general made fewer mistakes or suffered less serious reverses, while much that he accomplished was of tho very highest value. The crowning act of his military career. the march from Atlanta to the sea, which has boen characterized by the greatest German general of modern times, Von Moltke, asone of the most remarkable achieve- ments in military history, iilustrated the comprehensive scope and the mag- nificent self-reliance of General Sher- man’s genius. He knew what that splendid army that captured Atlanta could do under his leadership, and he saw that if he could march through the heart of the confederacy and expose its defenseless condition the result would be fatal to the confederate cause. The task was mnot a very diffi- cult one, and the merit of the undertaking was rather in the concep- tion than in the exccution, but only a. genius for war could have planned it. he fame of that march history will pre- serve fadeless through all the coming generations, General Sherman believed that war meant destruction, and he fought upon that principle. He did not hesitate to strike when the time came, and he struck with all the power at his com- mand. When he leveled Atlanta to the ground he was bitterly denounced asa modern Atilla, but subsequent events fully vindicated his course. The para- lyzing blow he there struck shortened the conflict. But while General Sherman wus relentless in the prosccution of war, none could be more mag- nanimous to the vanquished. When he received the surrender of General Joseph Johnson he offered that confeder ate officer terms 8o gencrous that they were rejected by the authorities at ‘Washington, though afterwards sub- stantially allowed. He felt no animos- ity toward the people whom he had fought. He had lived among them and understood their character, and this knowledge enabled him to discern more clearly than almost any other man on the union side at the beginning of the rebellion its possible extent and dura- tion, but while he rogretted as deeply as any one the terrible mistake of the south- ern people, he respected their courage and was always ready to welcome them back into the union. Thus, when they were beaten and the conflict was over he was one of the most earnest in favor of a policy of reconciliation that would insure a real and permanent pence. He has spoken severe words in condemnation of the political methods in the south, by which a large body of the citizens of that section are deprived of their political rights, but the south- ern people have never forgotten that in the hour of their bitterest trial they had no more magnanimous friend in the north than General Sherman. A refer- ence to the character of this distin- guished man as a commander would not be complete that omitted to mention his great popularity with hissoldiers. He was a rigid disciplinarian,exacting the strict- est performance of duty and showing little merey to those who willfully vio- lated the regulations, but he aimed to be absolutely just, and no soldier who had a proper grievance that demanded redress was dented attention, He took analmost pavernal interest in his men, and the familiar title of “Uncle Billy” with which his soldiers greeted him at- tested the affection in which he was heid, while his acceptance of it evi- denced the simple and unostentatious nature of the man. There never wasa commander who had more completely the love and loyalty of his troops, and thousands of them have read with heavy bearts and moist eyes the annnounce- ment that he has gone out from the ranks of the living. In his socinl and personal velations General Sherman was an ideal gentle- man. He was everywhere a welcomo guest, and wherever he went he con- tributed 1nterest and pleasure, He liked intelloctual society and such so- cioty liked him. He was one of the most genial of men, and if any shadows camo into his life the world knew not of them. He was fond of the drama and made warm friends of many prominent actors. There have been few important banquets in New York since his resi- dence there at which he was not pres- by adopting radical mcasures. ent, and his terse speeches, always rich in suggestion and often brilllant in epigram, wore prominent fentures of such occasions. At the soldiers’ reunions, where for years he was & prominent figure, his ad- dresses wore models of wise and patri- otic counsel. Fis home life, as it has been described by those who knew it, wns beautiful in its affection, in the Christian spirit that pervaded it and in its simple dignity Inthe death of General Sherman the world loses o great and good man, tho nation a loyal and patriotic citizen, his companions in arms a brother whose de- votion to them never flagged, and all who knew him a friend. His fame is se- cure, and his memory will be cherished by his grateful countrymen as long as the union which he aid so much to pre- sorve shall sur TR S B A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. The name of Charles W, Eliot, presi- dent of Harvard university, has in the past few years become a familiar one through his contributions to the leading magazines. On more than one occasion he has been heard on questions of edu- cation, economics aud sociology beyond the walls of his own college, and it is needless to say he has commanded a most respectful hearing. Only a fow weeks ago THe BEeeE had occasion to comment favorably on one of his characteristic articles entitled “Fam- ily Stock in a Democracy.” The opportunity of meeting a man eminent as a successful educator and the representative of the first university of the land will be gratifying to many of our citizens. By a reference tothe local columns of this issue, the particulars of President Eliot’s first visit to Omaha may be found. It is cortain that ho will be most hospitably welcomed, not alone by the sons of Harvard and college men generally, but by the men and women of our city interested in higher education. President Eliot has won deserved recognition. Elocted at the age of 35 to tho presidency of a university whose chair for 250 years had been honored by the most learned and brilliant mjnds of America, he finds him- self after 22 years of service compara- tively a young man anda his labors crowned with success. As the father of theelective system, President Eliot has gradually worked a complete revolution in the long accepted curriculumof collego studies. No higher compliment can be paid to his abilities as an educator than the fact that all the leading institutions of learning in America, despite their long opposition. have adopted his moth- ods. But President Eliot has earned for himself more lasting remown by stamping upon Harvard indelibly his strong porsonality, It may be asserted without contradic tion that the spirit and progress of the university is reflectod in its presi- dent, who has guided the college for the past quarter of a century. In other words, Charles W. Eliot has expanded the ideals of the university into full vigor and bloom. The education of the true Harvard man to which the great school bends its enorgies has been aptly described by President Eliot in his public addresses and writings. He sees in the development of the full, rounded man, strong in body, pure in mind, sympathetic, intellectunl, gon- tle and refined, the preservation of our domestic virtues and the stability of the republic. Common acceptance of higher education, however, is more ambitious, It demands of the college-bred man a colossal intellect and a fund of knowledge before which all barviers yield and all doors open. President Eliot is satisfied with much less. The mental growth of the average man has its own limitations, The true educator recognized that he can not transcend nature’s qualifications, Men of genius and men of great mental endowments are the exception. A col- leze would be false in principle if its aim was to produce nothing but these, For that reason the president of Har- vardlooks for success in developing the cducated man to the masses—to that virile stock whether it be found at the farm, at the work hench, at the store or in the professions where physical vigor, integrity, common sense, sobriety and honorable sentiments are hereditary. On such material higher education and university influences must generate high thinking, must expand the ‘ntelligence, enrich the imawination, point the way toward well-divected ambition and in- spire hope and love, reverence and pur- ity of soul. With a purpose so noble and senti- ments so lofty, Charles W. Eliot will find on his visit among the people of the broad west hearty and generous co-oper- ation in his life’s work, GET DOWN 1 The annual veports of heads of depart- ments are on record, the tax assessment and levy completed, the apportionment of revenue made and the municipal desks cleared for the work of the current year, ‘The eouncil is thus furnished with ac- curate data to determine the amount and quality of improvements to be made during the season. A vast amount of preliminary work is necessary beforo practical operations can begin. With the greatest possible oxpedition eight weoks will be consumed complying with the logal requircments regarding new paving contracts. Curbing, grading and sewer extensions require from four to six weeks to close a contract, and to this must be added the time required by the contractors to secure material and make other necessary proparations for active work. These considerations are sufficiently weighty to rouse the city officials from their lethargy and spur them to action. There is no time to be lost in making preparations for the inauguration of public work. Apart from considerations of cconorzy, the present time is po- culiarly appropriate for scrutinizing es- timates, bids and contracts. Besides the council should set an example of ag- gressive enterprise by doing everything In its power to give labor employment at the earliest possiblo moment. Activity in public works not only stimulates private enterprise, but fue- nishes employment to large numbers of workingmoen. The lack of employment during the winter told seriously on hun- dreds of tamilies, many of whom recontly moved from the western counties and from adjolning statos. Thelr condition urgently apponls for work. It rosts with the council ¥ofdo its share by sot- tling down to businoss and making all nocossary arrangdmbnts to put in opera- tion public works as_ soon as tho season warrants, S——— THE PROPOSKD IRRIGATION LAY, The Eill finally deafted by the state irrigation convendioh at Lincoln for pro- sentation to the logislature provides for asystem as complote as that enjoyed by any state in the wost, It lays the foun- dation for the development of irrigation on as broad a scalo s that practised in Colorado, Wyoming or California, If the measure bocomoes a law, thore will bo every reason to expect results like those which have been obtained else- where, The bill draftoed by a com- mitteo representing all sections of the state and including men of varied experience and talents, It is based on the fruits of many years of experience in other states, and adapted to the condi- tions of Nebraska by lawyers, farmers, practical irrigationists and experts, who sought to make it a model irrigation law. In its final shape it was moulded in part with the assistance of the chair- man of the house committeo on irriga- tion, and will be substituted for the bill of his which is alvondy on its passage. It will thus be known as the Purnell bill. By the provisions of the measure the state is divided into six grand water di- visions, arranged with a view to the ad- ministration of all ditches and canals using the waters of a single river basin under one head. The chief officer of the system will be a state hydraulic en- gineer, appointed by the governor. He is roquired to be a man of expert knowl- edge and ability, capablo of passing upon the merits of overy ditch or canal projected. It will bo his business to gaugo tho streams, make drainage maps and guard the water supply by the methods which have else- wheroe proved offective in utilizing it to the utmost agricultural advantage. The local commissioners aro granted powers in the settlement of the details of man- agement which, it is hoped, will largely eliminate the necessity of carrying trivial disputes into court. The whole tenor of the measure is liberal enough to encourage the investment of capital in large enterpriscs, and is yet just to evory interest and ample in providing for the protection of the smallest ditch and of the humblest consumer. The convention was so fortunate as to amicably arrange the only difficulty which threatened the success of the movement. This was the provision of the bill first introduced by Representa- tive Purnell, which’ proposed to give precinet corporations superior rghts in the condemnation of property to those enjoyed by individuals and companies. This provision would have been a menace rather than an invitation to the investment of outside capital, with— ouv which tho development of irriga- tion would be impossible. Mr. Purnell magnanimously agreed to waive this provision and heartily co-operate with the convention in drafting the two measures into a harmonious whole. This result gives communities all the ad- vantages of tho vrecinet system, but ercets no barriers against the invest- ment of capital inother legitimate en- terprises. It is exceedingly doubtful whether any other state of the we with all the advantages of exper has today an irrigation law at once so broad and so just as that which will apply to Nebraskaafter the passage of this act. The friends of irrigation entertain no doubt as to the success of the measure in the legislature. Drafted by the ropre- sentatives of all portions of the state, founded upon the experience of Califor- nia, Wyoming and Colorado, and enthu- lly cndorsed by all elements in the movement, it ought, in tho hands of Representative Purnell, to speedily be- come a law. If it does, there is reason to expect wonderful developments in Nebraska, and especially the western half, ia the next five yeur was BENE On theroll of the world’s great phil- anthropists the name of Baron Hirsch must hereafter oceupy o prominent and honorable place. Long known for his gonerous benefactions, he has recentl challenged the admiration of the world by his splendid munificence in behalf of the persecuted Jews in Russia. For a ygar past Baron Hirsch has furnished onan average $10,000 & month for the relief of Hobrews whom the oppression of Buropean tyranny had driven to seel an asylum in Ame: The fund established by the baron is man- aged by a board of trustees composed of some of the most prominent Hebrews in New York city and the service it has done for the un- fortunate people in whose interest it was created has been almost beyond com pu- tation, The Jewish immigrants have n colonized as farmers, have been given an opportunity to acquire trades, and schools have been provided for the childven where they are enabled to learn the English lunguage and study the subjects in the curriculum of the public schools, Tho trustees have branch committees . in Philadelphia, Baltimore and otHereastern cities, all of which are 'doing excellent work in preparing, the Immigrants to assimilate with our paople and become solfgupporting. Many of these people have Been kept in ignor- ance by the prejudicd against thom in their native country, and they need to be taught how to, snake themselves useful here. To this purpose 4 consider- able part of the profeads of the fund is devoted. These people are said to evince great eagerness and enthusiassm as the hope of prosperity and happiness comes into their heretofore hopeless lives, and are excecdingly apt pupils. Baron Hirsch is determined that the Hebrew people driven from their homes in Europe shall not become a burden to the citizens of this country if he can pre- vent it. Recently he telegraphed the trustess of the Hirsch fund to draw upon him for $2,500,000 for the retief of these unfortunate people who come to tho United States, The income of this amount is to be devoted to the work of giving them homes in some fertile farm- ing district of the country. According to the agreement drawn by the baron, the trustees may draw upon Parls for the money on March 1 and invest it in this country as thoy may decide. They are froe to act in expending the money according to thelr bost judgment, and i the income from the fund ls not sufficient to moet the necessary demands they can draw upon the principal, Baron Hirsch promising to make good the amount in which the fund may at any time be reduced. The enlightened world condemns the cruel persecution to which the Russian Jews are being subjected, a persecution which it appears has becomo rolentless and barbarous by roason of this con- demnation, Later dispatches report that the Russian authorities are pursu- ing theso unhappy peoplo with a brutal rigor and severity illustrative of the ma- lignant spirit of despotic power. Surely there nover was a people better en- titled to sympathy than these victims of of a heartless tyranny, but mere sym- pathy will dothem nogood. They must have such material and practical nid as Baron Hirsch is giving them, and the example of that munificent benofactor should not lack emulators among the race of theso unfortunate people. Sh—————— OLD MASTERS IN THE NEW WORLD. Itis an interesting fact that within a few years Americans have been such liberal buyers of the paintings of the old masters that the hest works of a number of them are now only to be found in this countr, Theodore Child, the art critic, in a Paris lettor to the New York Sun, says if the movement which has begun within the past two years continues, as scoms probable, and if it bocomes a craze with the millionaires, as is almost inevitable, the United States very soon will drain Europe of all the pictures by the old masters that have not yet been immobilized in public and national collections, Mr. Child says that through the irresistibloe power of dollars and the inte rmediary of skillful deulers, the galleries of the noblemen of England and the princesses, dukes, bar- ons and counts of the continent will be stripped gradually of their artistic viches. The process has already begun, and so rapidly has it procesded within a short time that some of the more famous victures have disappeared from the places they had adorned for years and are to boseen in the private collections of wealthy Americans, NMr. Child records the fact that within a year two Parisian dealers have sold over one hundred and forty paintings of the old masters to citizens of the Tnited States, most of which went to New York and Chicago. The larger number of these works are of the Dutch school, but French art is well repre- sented among thom. The great French painter who recently died, Meissonier, is snid to have remarked not long ago: *Alas! I can no longer seo my pictures unless T go to America;” and other French masters, as Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousscau and Dupre, are said to be equally well represented in American galieries, publicand private. Referring to this movement in America in favor of theold masters, a Frenchman who speaks by authority sa; “The study of these masterpieces will do move in a few years for the artistic .education of your coun- try than whole centuries passed in the sterile contemplation of ancedotic paint- ings and of those mannered and conven- tional pictures whose only merit con- sists in careful execution, full of artifice and details, which have been for so long the only passion of the American buyers, The study of these masters formed our modern French masters, and the study of them will form yours,” Yet Mr. Child suggests that it may be questionable whether it is advisable to continue very far in the purchase of pictures by the Dutch mas- ters, whose patient realism and commonplace observation give but a minimum of esthetic enjoyment. The works of some of them are never to be rejected when they can be secured, but a great many of them can bo of little benefit to amateur or art student. Mr, Child observes that at present Awmerica has the immenso advantage over Eu- rope of being free from the burden of traditional admiration in art matters, and he thinks the ideal for America would be to remain herself imperial, plain and true to look with suspicion on the old art of Furops, or rather on the old reputations of Kurope, and nevor to pur- chase by tradition, but rather from con- viction and after reasoning, and above all things, he says, the idedl would be not to fill American museums with the rubbish of three centuries of European art, In the production of which nocoun- try has been more active than Holland. There is undoubtedly wisdom in these observations, but nevertheless the tend- ency among Americans to possess the works of the old masters is not to be di couraged so long as it is guided care- fully and judiciously. There is the aan- ger, which it is most desirable to avoid, that it may distract attention from living contemporary art and -deprive it of the encouragement which combined wealth and intelligence alone can give, butif its effect shall be to stimulate and extond the taste for art contemporary work of the higher s will not be likely to lack encouragement. At any rate it is interesting to know that this movement in America in favor of the old mastors has assumed such propor- t1ons, and whatever may befsaid regard- ing it, undoubtedly it will run its course, with the possible result, as has been sted, that Europeans will yet bs secking in America examples of their great historic arts, THE contest for the Davis millions in Montana does not differ from like con- tests in the east. It has drawn together an areay of legal talent from all sections of the country and if the contestants of the will do not succeed in scattering the twelve millions involved, it is cortain they will give the late Mr. Davis a rep- utation his acquaintances in Butte never dreamed of. A remarkablefeature of the developments in the case is the number of offsprings awakened by the millions in sight, and their consuming desire to uncover the shady side of the deceased’s er for a share of the spoils, OF THE twenty officers com prising the stafl of General Sherman during his famous march to the sea, ten have pre- ceded him to the silent camping ground, two are in notive service in tho army, and ofght prominont fn various pro- fessions. Among the living is General Corse, whose signals to Sherman formed the groundwork of the hymn, *‘Hold the Fort.” ——— THe endowment fund of Amhorst col- loge has been swolled by necash dona- tion of 810,000 from a benefactor whose name and residence isa mystery. The policy of socreey is not patented, how- over, and persons troubled with a sur- plus of wealth and a generous inclina- tion are at liberty to follow the fashion. W Fairs. Boston Advertiser Buying blindfolaed, as it were, unclaimed cxpress packages is a species of lottery deal- ing that the law does not forbid. v Women Got Left, New York World. What has become of the woman who made 150 specches for the farmers of Kausas dur- ing the lato campaign! In the grand distri- bution of prizes what has the woman got! - Temptations of Brookiyn Eagle New York pays her aldermon 2,000 a year salary, Buftalo pays hers $1,000 a year sal- ary. Brooklyn pays hers noth, We have poor aldermen, but noaldermen whoare poor. Show to Your Wife, New York Herald, Well, these littie merrymakings break the dull monotony of lifo, Why siould we be in €00d temper all the time? To get downright mad once in a while is our moral and physi- cal salvation. MMoe., — They Smoke Cigarettes, Though., Kansas City Star, At the Carlisle Indian school football has been pronibited as a “fiendish game.” Thero are some things which even the Indian na- ture, inured to the sun and ghost dance, shriuks from, et ws Jay. ork Herald, We tried the subsidy gamo on the various Pacific railroads, and the only result is a pile of debts which will never be paid. One ex- periment of that kind is enough, and it should not be repeated - i One Argun for Passes. In speaking of the accident to State Repre- sentative Dunn, the Scribner Nows remarks that if he had “traveled as other members of the legislature do, he never would have narrowly escaped being toft whilo buying a ticket,” LR e Corporations Take Chances. Boston Globe. A jury yesterday said the Boston & Albany railrond must pay $10,000 fora workman's arm. Such luxuries uro expensive, even to a a rairoad corporation; but the companies seem to think they can better afford to pay such bills than provide safe appliances. Mullionaires Won't Kick, Indtanapolis News. Mr. Powderly says that the poverty and indifference of ‘our people are the greatest evils menacing the government. If he means that those who are in poverty are indifferen t we shall sail along smoothly enough, for the millionaires are not going to kick up a row, gz s o Tools of Trade. Boston Adverti er, The statoment that threo gowns consigned to the most prominent feminine member of the New York's 400 are held at the custom house suggests the query whother articles of apparel iutend to be worn by a lady, whose sole occupation consists in discharging tho fouctions of a society leader, might not claim frec admittance as “tools of trade.” Besinir iy Ready When Wanted. Kamas City Journal, The expenses of the Nebraska militia who stood guard on tho Dakota border during the recent Tndian disturbances were $10,000. There is reason to be thankful, bowever, that the loss of life was so slight. Orly one mili- tlaman was killed and no Indians. And the unfortunate militiaman was slain by oneof his own comrades, who has apologized pro- fusely, Why Not Arrest the Fellow? Chieagn Post. 1t is very singular that the public of tho pretty city of Rockford and Winnebago I tolerate for so long a time that unmitigated scoundrel, George Jacob Schweinfurth, They surely know that ho is aswindler as well as a blasphemer. His im- versonation of the Christ may not be a spe- cific violation of the statutes, but when he deliberately ropes in dupes and secures their money by misrcpresentation, as ho did a day or two ago, securing a clear $6,500, then the law Is specifically dofied and the fraud should be made to suffer for Public sentiment in Rockford surely cannot favor this man, and it is a wonder that it docs not take some material form against him. Isthere no public prosecutor in Winunebago county who has the courage to take the initiative? e Railroads Grow Desperate. San Franeisco Examincr, Railrond commissions aro of two general types, those which have power in them- selves and those which can merely make recommendations to some other amuthority, The former class has proved a comploto failuve, the latter hias generally been more or loss successful. Tho California commission is @ good example of one kind; the other is reprosented by that of Massachusetts. In California the new constitution attempted to put the railroads absolutely at the mercy of the commission. The commissioners were vested with logislative, exccutive and judicial powers. ‘They could fix rates, make rogulations, superintend their enforcement, receive complaints, take evidence and decido cases. ‘Tho result was that it bocame a mat- ter of life and death to the railroads to have a friendly commission, and they got it. ST LPERSONALITI Both Sara Bernhardtand Grovor Clevoiand object strenuonsly to any reference to thely extra adipose tissuo, Russoll A. Alger, Jr., son of the goneral {s making a tour of the world. King Humbert of italy, has ofton sald, should wish to be a journalists were I not a Kking" If ho wero as bright as ho should be he would wish so in spite of his kingship. In o recont interviow Francls Wilson the actor indulged in this mot: Optimistic or passimistic in theology! Well, I'm noither, 1 believe in a “happy betweenity. Miss Schreiner's “Story of an African Farm' has already mado tho fortune of her 'Dreams," Jay Gould's daughter Nellio is sald to have mado up her mind never to marry Stanley says that Edison has the most won- > eyes that ho has ever seen in & buman head. Amelio Rives-Chanler's novel, to which she has given the name “A Girl of the Pave- is said to b in firm undor consides itis believed that ex-Ma tou is dying of arsenical from wall paper or home. John E. Parsons of New York is said to have received for his services to the sugar trust the largest feo ever paid in this coun- try, 00,000, Operations w ation or Cobb of Bos- poisons absorbod furniture m his own o suspended tho other day mn the district at Richmond, Ind., whily one of the jurors, Klder Brown, married James Rimmer and Miss Shelda Denton Francos Willard requests every Woman's Christian Temperance union woman to bogin February 22 aud for ten days deny hersolf of some luxury and contribute the amount thus saved to the natio While Senate rdon of Georgia was in New York the past week he had his ot picked of #1145 on a ferry boat. When he was about to take the congressional lum- W the hands of e ited for Washington he discovered the thoft, e He found a friend and borrowed meney chough from him to pay his fare to the capi- tal, Senator Cockrell of Missourt s said to bo the only man who has ever had the audacity 10 smoke & pipe within the sacred contines of the senate. P PASSING JESTS. New York Horald Kurope to et mar sce the man 1'd g0 to Eirope to marry. Maud—Without doubt; or Timbuctoo either, 1 fancy, Ithel-Clara went to ed, did shet I'd like to Weelc's Sport: First Gun Cartridge-I'm #oing to quit my position suddenly some day, and without warning. Second Gun Cartridge -Because 3 Jouknow you'd be discharged if you remainod. Puck : monoy ¢ Mabel—~Would you marry without it1 Paris Figaro: “By the way mademoiselle, what is your age? g *On, 1 don’t tell that anymore, I am just as_young as Ilook,” “Upon my word! younger than that.” Edith—And would you marry for I thought you were Detroit Freo Pross: A Canadian judgo has ruled that giving &0 in money and an old blanket for a squaw constitutes a legal m, riage. This shows how shamelessly tho aborgines are being robbed. Marriago 1i- omiee in civilization range from 50 conts Washington Star: “You always want your own way,” growled the grocer's wife in no_pleasant “bumor with her husband. “And you oughtn't to intorfere,” ho re. sponded Wwith pride. ““That's how wo got rich.” Washington Post: I have had a good wind to bid farewell to the world,"” said a misanthrophic citizen. “What deterred you?" “‘Well, there wouldn’t be much satisfaction, Now-a-days nobody seeins to believe a man’s dead, whether he is or not.” New York I're s “Speech is silver and silence golden,” So ’tis declared by an adage olden, Not always a maxim teaches There 1s 1o silver in Cleveland’s speeches, A hypocrite is a man you at your own game dur- ing the week and who prays on Sunday just as though nothing had happened. Indianapolis Journal: “But this girl F; bert is engaged to—isn't she rather giddy? MEN’S FINE TROUSERS At One Dollar Discount on all goods above $8. Excellent value at $2.80 and $8.75. She seemed to me a rather thoughtless creat- ure.” “Thoughtless!” answ od Egbert's mother. “Sne1s absolutely thinkless. Somerville Journal: The reason things go wrong so often in this world is because men won't take women’s advice. If you don't be- lieve this at first just go and ask the women —that's all, Indianapolis Journal ‘Watts—Women don’t to marry so early as they did ars ago, 0; thoy don’t. The great number of thirty-year-old widows with grown daugh- ters 1s proof enough of that, Drake's Magazine, Drink to meonly with thine eyes— There's glass enough in thine— Nor drop thy new teeth in the cup, "Twould vitiate my wine, Yonkers Statesman: The prohibitionists of New York are circulating cards bearing the words: *“laste Not, Touch No, Handle Not.” Somebody should attach one of theso to each live electric light wire in the city, AL L In Pawn, New York Herald, Miss Edna holds my heart in pawn, Her interest still increasing But now, alas ! my wealth | Dear lamb, she's g So, fair ones, who wi gone— Here is your chance, f ' sacrifice the ticket. A Point for Cronkers, New ¥.rk Herald, Nine hundred sinners plunge headlong inta hell, And not a word was sald about their bad- ness; But one poor saint was tempted, and he fell, And lo! nine hundrea sinners shouted forth in gladness, bl He Gets There, Pittstury Dispateh The wires may break and the poles may fall, “T'he tickers be jerky and lame; But Jay Gould winks his weather eyo, Elevates tolls tp an altitude high, And gets thero just tho same,