Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 29, 1891, Page 4

UMAHA DALLY v TEEN PAGE THE DAILY BEE B. ROSEWATER Eorron. PUBLISHED TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Beo (without Sanday) One Ve Dally and Sunday, One Year. Six mont Omaha, The Bee Bullding. South Omiha. Comner N and Council Bl Ponrl St Chieago Offic Now York, R Washin CORRESPONDENCE. All copmunieations relating to nows and editoript 1 r should be addressed o the Editorful Depurtments BUSINESS LETTERS. Allbusiness lettors and_ remittances shonld Yo addressed to The Bee Pubilshing Company, Omahi. Drafts, checks and postofice orders 10 he miade payable to the order of the com- e Bes Fulshng Compan, Proncton THE BEE BUILDING. T OF CIRCULATION. o™ sccrotary of Tnm Bee does solemnly swe glas, Geory oK, Publishing com: that the actual ¢ for the week ending March, 801, was as follows Eworn 1o before me d presence this 25th day of Marvh A, . P, FRIL. Notary Pablie. ot Nebraska, 1 anty of Douglas, |** George B, T huck, being duly sworn, de- poses and hat he Is secretary of THe Bek bublishing company, that. the ual average daly eirculation of Tk DALY Bek for the month of M April. 180, Etato i ), s0copies; ; for October, Dl for De nbe January, 1901, 28, 26,812 coples. GrOT Sworn to before me, and subscribed in m; presence, this 28th day of Februury, A, D.. 181 N. b, e, Notary Public. T reform legislation still hangs on, but it looks as if the crop of reform would fall short. IF Governor Boyd does not take his usudl Sunday rest ho may get time to read the Newberry bill through today. SHERMAN county, Kansas, is proud, if she is poor, and absolutely refuses to ac- cept aid from the state relief committee. LEGISLATORS will observe that the institute for the deaf and dumb at Omaha is a model of economical manage- ment. —eee SPEAKER ELDER, having affixed his offitial signature to the Newberry bill, he will be permitted to go home to see his sick wife, PRESIDENT HARRISON must be im- pressed with the fact that the Nebraska delegation can fill with neatness and dis- patch all the offices for which orders may be received. They have filed appli- cations for everything in sight. WyowmiNG disdains to accept ald from tho east, and hor governor officialy noti- fies the New York ZWibune that the state can take care of those in need. Good for Wyoming. No better adver- tisement could be circulated in the east than this, CoLONEL. HENRY and several other officers fresh from the scenes of the re- cent Indian troubles agree with THE BEE that there is little or no danger of an outbreak among the Sloux this spring. The alarmists may as well abandon their effort to get up another stampede of troops to the frontier to auell an imaginary outbreak. The gov- ernment controls the situation. E— THE Dbill to.create the office of assessor in cities of the metropolitan class as passed by the senate provides for the election of a city assessor, who shall be a freeholder and elector of the city and county and shall have resided continu- ously therein for a period of not less than five years. Ho is to hold office two years, to maintain an office which shall be provided by the county and give a bond of $10,000. The salary is fixed at $3,000 per annum, payable from the county treasury, and he is allowed as many deputies as are necessary at $3 per day, also at the expense of the county. The valuation and assessment made by this officer shall take effect for state and county purposes for the year in which the assessor assumes his duties and for city purposes the year following. The bill asit passed the senate has an emer- gency clause making it take effect and bein force from and after its passage, but the probabilities are that it will not g0 into effect until July 1. Inany event there can be no election of an assessor until noxt November, and the present precinct assessors need not feel dis- turbed over their jobs. — A WOMAN of wealth in the east an- nounces that she intends to bequeath a large sum of money for the establish- ment of an institute for the exclusive henefit of women with ‘artistic or lit- erary proclivities. She could not devote her money toa more laudable purpose, but why put off the fulfillment of the beneficent design until after her death and take the risk of its partial or com- plete failure? Why not carry it out hor- solf, so that it may be accomplished as she wishes, instead of leaving it to be done by some one who might take very Jittle interest in the enterprise and conse- quently would not do justice to it? It is a comuon fault of the wealthy who de- sire to help their follow beings by con- tributions to estublish institutions or in founding such as they deem to be desir- able, that they leave their worthy pur- pose to be effected by others alter they are dead. [t is a familiarfact that their designs are rarely carried out, and not unfrequently fail altogether. Experi- ence has shown that no will can be so carefully and explicitly drawn as to be invulnerable. The only safe way, there- fore, for those who wish to devote a share of thelr wealth to tho general good is to themselves put thelr purpose into exocution, This view is gaining acoeptance, and the time may ocome wheu the rule among the wealthy will bo to execute, 50 lar as practicable, their henofactions during their lifetime, IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNOR. The maximum railroad bill enacted by the legislature has been formally placed in the hands of the governor. The cone stitution has very wisely empowsred the oxecutive to approve or voto all laws as his judgment may waveant. In the dis- charge of this grave responsibility he should not allow himself to be swerved from his honest convictions bv the clamor of demagogues and political mountebanks who wani to float upon the popular tide or seck to make cap- ital for themselves or thoir nowspapers, amony the unthinking mass who have not grappled with the grave problem of railway regulation and Kknow absolutely nothing of the practical workings of the Newberry bill should it ever become a law. TrE Bex has no disposition to hamper the action of the executive, much less will it attempt to dictate what he should or should not do in the premises. It is the governor’s duty to carefully scan the bill and consider it in all its bearings. If it is constitutional and in his judgment the rates fixed theroin are rensonable, he should sign it If, however, the bill contains any provisions that are at varfance with the constitu- tion or if he 18 convineod that the maxi- mum rates embodied in the bill would, if enforced, reduce the income of Nebraska rallronds below the cost of operaling their ronds and paying intercst on their honded debt, it becomes his duty to in- terpose his veto. In veaching a conclusion the governor cannot afford to disregard the demand of the producers of this state for relief from exorbitant tolls, nor should he allow himself to be swayed by the asser- tions of railrond managers that the low- ering of rates on any commodity would be ruinous. Railroad managers always oppose regulation in every shapeand form unless it is a sham. But the governor in common with all rational people cannot overlook the dif- ferenco in conditions between the rail- roads in Towa and the railroads in Ne- braska. He must take into account the diffévence in the wagesof railroad em- ployes; in cost of fuel and in the cost of construction apd maintenance. He must also keep in mind the difference in population and the volume of traffic. Has the Newb rry bill been so framed as to take into account all these conditions? 1f not, can the governor by his approval certify that the rates established by this bill are reaeonable? These are the questions which the governor must propound to himself and answer for himself. HAVE THEY BEEN COERCED? The insults and calumny which are being heaped up railrond employes by the World-Herald should bé resented in a spirit and manner that will leave no room for doubt as to what the real senti- ments of these men are on the pending railroad bill. Is it really true that these wageworkers have all been coerced into signing petitions against the Newberry bill because they are threatened with discharge? Are the 8,000 railroad em- ployes such an abject and cowardly herd as the World-Herald is vepresenting them to be? If so, their condition is no better than that of serfs and slaves, THE BEE does not believe that they have lost all manhood and become mere droves of cattle. We believe that these wageworkers are alarmed over the situ- ation and honestly believe thav the en- forcement of a very radical cut on rates will be followed by a corresponding cut in wages and a discharge of many rail- road employes all along the line. ~ This is perfectly natural. The western roads have all been cutting down their forces and reducing wages this winter and many thousands of workmen are now curning & mere pittance or are entirely without employment, There is no prospect of increased rail- road traffic in the near future and there- fore railroad employes do not need to be clubbed into line or threatened with dis- charge, The, fact is that other wageworkers feel almost as much concerned over the impending reduction of wages and cut- ting down of operating force on the rail- roads as the railroad employes do them- solves. They realize that all wage- workers have a common interest. Wages are relative and range accordingly, If the blacksmiths in the Union Pacific or Burlington shops were reduced to 1 a day the blacksmiths in all other shops would soon huve to accopt lowor wages ap- proaching the #1 a day level. If the machinists und moulders in the railroad shops were compelled to work for $2 a day tho machinists and moulders out- side of railroad shops would have to fall inand work for $2a day. And that re- duced rate of wages would inevitabiy become the standard for all other skilled workmen, The same is true of clerical wage-workers, and this is why the railroad omployes remonstrate against the Newberry bill almost en masse. A TURN IN A LONG ROAD, For the past three months THE BEE has porsistently called attention to the fact that every natural condition de- manded better prices in the live stock markets and a relief from the starvation rates that have crushed the producers of the west. It is therefore vory gratify- ing to be able to say that a turning has been found at last in tho long road. The laws of supply and demand appear to have finally started the current in the right di ion. Hogs and cattle, as well as corn and wheat, are mounting upward. All indications point to the continuance of a firm und rising market. Evory producer should study the situ- ation and determine the lines on which he will stand to make a success of his business for the next yoar. The upward tendency is surrounded by no mystery, The conditions which have made it in- evitable are as plain as an opon book. Corn and wheat are high because of last year's short crop and the present supply is smaller than at any previous time in 10 years. The demand for beef and pork for export Is increasod by three factors. First, the steady growth of American meat products in European favor; second, the reduction of ocean freight rates; third, the opening of the markets of Germany, the reciprocity treaty concluded with Brazil, and the soveral other treaties pending with for- eign countries. Meanwhile, the home market widens year by year and is larger | cities of the wday than over before. With these favorabie conditions the discouraged stock raisor and feeder of Nebraska and Kansas may well take hope. Ho has resson to blieve that tho packers’ trust cun no longer keep pricos down in the face of a shortened supply and an incrensed demand. He should carefully consider whether, in view of the prospects of a good corn crop, he cannot now wisely sell off his superabundant supply of horses and in- vest in feeders and range cattle. The mistake of the farmer is to delay in tak- ing the tide at its flood and rot make up his mind to launch his craft until the ebDb has set in. Let him study the pres- ont signs for himself and decide what business prudence dictates as to his future course, There are two sides to an era of high prices in provisions. Increased prices for the ecattlo raiser moans incrensed cost of living for consumers. It is safo to say, however, that in the western country the benefits are largely on the side of good prices. When cattle com- mand good returns corn raising is profit- able and prosperity reigns throughout the corn belt. The cities share the prosperity of the great agricultural con- stituency to which they cater, and all classes in the community enjoy its bene- fits, diregtly or indirectly. The wost has waited long and patiently for the change which sesms to have como at last. COMPLIM OF THE SEASON. The Nebraska senators have waited upon President Harrison and presented the names of six or eight republicans of more or less prominence for nppoint- ment on the new circuit bench and various other important offices in the federal sorvice. THE BEE is somewhat apprehensive that these political Easter eggs are merely complimentacy and not expected to hatch very soon, if over. Tho senson is altogether too frigid around Washington and we do not know of a patent incubator with sufficient vitalizing energy to cause a singlo one of these political chicks to break through the shell. "Tomorrow President Harrison, accord- ing toold egtablished usage, will roll Eastor eggs down the green sward of the white house terrace with the little children of Washington. But not a single Nebraska Easter ogg will be among them, so far as we can learn, It is to be hoped that the various emi- nent Nebraskans, from Major General Colby down to Judge Mason, will feel flattered at the compliment graciously bestowed upon them and the free adver- tising given them through the Wash- ington bureau of THE BEE; for this is about all they are liable to get out of Unclo Sam’s grab bag. A NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. One of the closing acts of the last con- gress was the passage of a bill incor- porating the national conservatory of music, with Mrs. Jeannette M. Thurber, the projectorof the enterprise, Chauncey M. Depew, Colonel John Hay and other friends of art as' incorporators. By the terms of the act the corporation is‘em- powered to found, establish and main- tain a national conservatory of music within the District of Columbia for the education of citizens of the United States and such other persons as the trustees may deem proper in all the branches of music. It is also given the power, pos- sessed by no similar institution in the country, to grant and confer di- plomas and the degree of doc- tor of music or other honorary dogrees, the privilege of other conserva- tories being limited to granting di- plomas. This is the first instance of anything being done by congress in the interest of musical culture. The incorporation of this institution, which is designed to be the head of an American system of conservatories, is the crowning achievement ‘of the pa- triotic efforts of Mrs. Thurber, who also projected and carrvied to successful operation the conservatory in New York city, to provide in this country schools for the development of American musi- cal talent oqual to the best in Europe. Having boundless faith in the ability of our people to attain the high- est standard of musical culture and to dovelop musicians and singers of the first class, Mrs. Thurber has for several years given generously of her timeand her private fortune to this cause and the success of her thoroughly practical efforts have been most gratifving. Musical culture is be- ing move eagerly sought than ever be- fore, with the result that Americans are showing greater and greater gifts in this dirvection. It has been said that the time is probably not far distant when the world will look to us for singcrs, but whether or not this shall be the case there is most favorable promise that within a generation no country in Eu- rope will surpass the United States in the extent and thoroughness of musical culture among its people, and when that condition has been reached the produc- tion of masters in composition and in- terpretation will certainly follow. If America is ever to have a national opera it will be developell from the culture which it witl be the work of the conservatories to disseminate. There are some who urge that the opera must come first to do the work of educating the people to properly appreciato music, but this is obviously a mistaken view. Unquestionably & national opera of gen- uine merit would exercise a great influ- ence in advancing musie, but such pro- ductions can only come from wide- spread musical culwre of a high order which makes a demand for them. The great composers of the world, and the great interpreters as well, have been the outgrowth, so to speak, of generations of musical progress, their genius representing the collected or concentrated talent and en- thusiasm of a long line of musically in- clined and more or less cultivated an- cestors. America should not have to wait s0 long as Europe did to develop great composers and a national opera, but the process essential to their de- velopment must be similar. We cannot have the tree without planting the seed and thoroughly cultivating it. This is what the national conserva- tory of music is designed to do. It will be the center of a system which 1 time will have branches in all the larger sending out men and oultivation untry, year thorough from year women of 0 become domposers, interpre- tors and teacHors of the highest forms of musia, When this is accom- plished Americadrill not only develop a | national schoghuef opora, With voicos capable of mdetihg every requirement of its interprefation, but may lead the world in t ighest form of art. LISM. Ex-Senator Tngalls recently said in an interview: *“I'he Yankee idea seems to be to treat the demands of the west with derision and contempt.” There is asug- gestion in that remark that the country can well afford to consider. Sectionalism has been the bane of the republie from the time of its founding. It is still a mighty danger to its peace and happiness, even if it shall never again become a menaco to its existence, Before the constitution had been rati- fied by the 13 original states the inter- ests of Massachusetts and Virginia, of New York and Georgia, had come into conflict and had to be reconciled. For 50 years before the war the north and the south were drifting into & position of antagonism, which culminated in open hostility. Only the sword could keep two people soparated by a vast territory and by dif- forences of customs, ideas and climate, undor ono flag. In recont yours the old sectionalism has been fading out. The application of northern capital to south- orn resources has largely modified the old rancor. But the remark of Senator Ingalls may well guggest the inquiry whether we are not now drifting into a new sectionalism, in which the east is to be arrayed against the west upon shavply defined political issues, The differences between the east and the westare very wide. Torritorially, Boston and Omaha are further apart than Paris und St. Petersburg. Meas- ured by other standa the two sec- tipns are even more widely sepavated. Ono section is old, the other new. One is rich, the other poor. Ono is popu- lous, the othor sparsely settled. The glory of one is in the pust, and of the other in the future. Tho east is a lender, the west a borrower. The inter- ests of the east are industrial, and of the west agricultural. It is strange that in a day of sharp political conten- tions and changing social conditions the interests of the two sections should con- flict at some points. ~ And it ill becomes the people of ongsection to regard the demandsof the other *‘with derision and contempt.” ‘When these twyo parts of a common country come into conflict the republic is treading on perilous ground. It should be the constant offort of patriotic men in both todisdourage every attempt to precivitdte such a situation, especially on the verge of.a presidential election. Infinite harm can be wrought to both the east and the west by a bilter cam- paign that shall pttempt to array them against each othor. The wild talk of some of the calamity politicians, to the effect that Grover Cleveland will be the candidate of both parties’ §astiof the Alleghanies and some western man the candidate of both parties on this side of that mythical bopndary, contains the germs of incendiarism. Such talk should be sternly repudiated. To adjust the national currency, the tariff and other economic measures to meet the needs and interests of a coun- try 50 widely scattered and greatly di- versified is a delicate problem for statesmanship. It demands abroad tol- erance and infinite pattence. These qualities of patriotism should supply in equal measure to the banker of Boston, the planter of Louisiana and the farmer of Nebraska. History Is full of warn- ings: of tho dangers that would menace our nationality if political action is in- spired by baser motives. Let the country beware of the new sectionalism. THAT element of the American people which is of Seotch-Irish origin is a large and important one. It has furnished some of the ablest and most useful men in every department of activity, the union of these races producing a quality of intelleet and character which has made itself felt everywhere, and no- where more strongly or more usefully than in the United States. The Scote Irish society of America was organized several years ago; its objects being his- torical, educational and social, and included in its membership are men prominent in every walk of life. The third annual congress under the auspices of this society will be held in May next at Louisville, Ky., and an invitation has been extended to all peo- ple of Scotch-Irish descent to attend, the design belug to make the occasion a mass meeling of the race. A number of distinguished men are announced to deliver addresses, and undoudtedly the congress will be rich in interest not only for the worthy and patriotic class of American citizens whom it will repre- sent, but for the whole peovle. A WELL informed writer says rogard- ing public parksin this country: “It is estimated that ip- American cities the people have baky about one-fifth as much free playgyound as have the peo- plein the citiesof the effete monarchies of Europe.” Asa'tiatter of fact they have not s0 much as that, and if only cities of the rank of Omaha are considered the rosidents of such European places aro incomparably befter off than we are, Two or three towds of the third class in this country have park facilities that will compare favorubly with similar towns of Europe, but there are very few cities there, if any, having the population and wealth of Omaha, for example, that are not much better off in respect to parks than this city. As we have said hereto- fore in regard to this matter, Europeans appear to have a much greater appre- clation of these **breathing spots” than Americans do, and nearly everywhere they receive governmental care and at- tention as essential to the physical wel- fare and enjoyment of the people. Thero are signs, however, of progress in this matter in our own country. The agita- tion for more park facilities is going on in a number of cities. In Brooklyn, N. Y., there is a socioty or- ganized to secure parks and playgrounds for children, there is a popular move- ment in Cincinnati and Cleveland for park extension, Minneapolisand St. Paul are contemplating liberal expenditures for this purpose, and thero are other cities looking forward to better park fa- cilities than they possess, All this ine licates an improved public sentiment in this particular which will certainly in time accomplish what it aimsat. Omaha must keep pnce with this phase of ma- torial progres T appointment of a royal commis- | the | sioner to inquire with rvegard to present condition of the working prople of England and to recommend to parline ment mensures for its improvewent, {8 significant of a situation of affairswhich cannot but have an interest for Ameri- can labor. Not for many years has the condition of lavor in England made a stronger appeal for velief than it does at this time, and 8o urgent has this become that the question has entered politics and is made the chief plank in the plat- form of the two great parties. It is a prominent theme of discussion by the press, and for the time being even the Irish question has become subordinated to it in popu- lar attention. In view of the fact that for the past two years the industries of England have been oxceptionally pros- perous it might reasonably be expected that there would be more than usual contentment among the working classes, and the fact that there is not must bo accepted as ovidence that thoy have not been recoiving a fair share in the pros- perity. Their entarged political privi- leges seom not to have brought them any material advantages, and one of th demands now is that these shall be further enlarged. They ask for manhood suffrage for all, and this the liberal party prom- ises the i control of the government, wit other reforms, as greater public elemen- tary educational facilities and the short- ening of the hours of work whenever it is practicable. It is evident that this labor question Is going to exert a great influence in determining the future standing of political partics in England, and it may work a revolution in the po- litical, financial and social policies of the British nation. Any comparison between the present condition of labor in England and in the United States will be found in favor of the latter. AS BETWE Birkhauser and Squires the public is indifferent, but it has the right to insist that the hoard of public works shall do its own duty as well as to c¢ompel the contractor to comply with terms of his contract. MINNEAPOLIS cannot afford to mis- represent Omaha so long as Omaha Donds sell at a premium and thosoe of the Minnesota metropolis go begging for bidders. ‘THE Boston Bellamyites are urging their propositions on the legislature of Massachusetts, and the millenium may be expected at any moment. elps to Blame? . New York World, Pickled pigs' feet is a favorite dish in Ber- lin, Still the proper thing for our German friends to dois to go tho whole American hog. el ol £illy Superstitin. Louisville Courier~Journal. The tom-fool notion that the old Seward residence in Wasnington brings bad luck ought to be killed. Mr. Blaine was not living in it when he was defeated in his presiden- tial campaign, and there is no house that he will not die in whenever he becomes sick enough while occupying it. Good luck and ill luck, 1 there be such things, go with human beings, and not with bricks and mor- tar, i Frotestant Unity Impossible. New York Sun, Tho very genius of Protestantism is incon- sistent with unity. It necessitates division, for it is private and individual judgment as opposed to the church guthority which pro- duces unity, The difference in individual opiuions, so inevitable ana of a variety so iu- finite, involves a multiplicity of divisions far greater oven than thoso now represented by organized religious parties. Take away that liberty and the reason for the existence of Protestantism departs; its glory is gone. Its protest is against the subjection of conscience to church authority. iR Might Makes Right. The Telegraph. Following the policy of rotrenchment re- ceutly adopted by the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago has closed three of its block stations at and near Chicago, thereby throwing six operators out of employment. One pleasant thing about the mannerof dismussing employos practiced by railroad ond telegraph com- panies is that they don't keep a fellow long in suspense after they once decide to part with him. In tho caseof the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicazo, the division operator notitied the men at 3 p. m. that they would not be needed after 6 o’clock. Of course when an_emploge wishes to leavo the com- pany's sorvice he should give two week’s no- tice. That's different. Might makes rigut, y - THE EASTLR Judge, 1 saw a little sainton Easter day : Sho sat quite near mo all the servico know. SERVICE, through She heara each word the preacher had to say And left a scent of violets in the pew. What need to That from t down, When here besido me m the paw alone, There kneels a modern saint in tailor gown? I thought of golden harps and angels' wings E'en while I watehed her downcast face so fair, And as' she turned 1 marked 'mong other things 2 In what charming way she wore her hair, Ouce, s tho aothem sang, her cyes met mine, ‘The organ murmuring in a cadence sad, And while my soul answered the theme di- pray to storied saints of stone o miches bigk looked coldly vine Inoticed what a pretty hand she had. The preacher spoke, with words that would inspire, Of heaven and bope—of Satan and of sin; To listen one conld sit and never tiro— There was a stunning dimple in her chin! But when at home they asked me of the text 1 stumbled—stammered something about Paul; And, somehow, nothing could I think of next, For this—ah, me!—was all I could recall: A scent of violets ana a little glove; A pair of eyes with lashes brown and long; Two lips that scemed not made for prayer, but love, And a sweet voice that sounded like u song. Was she an angol sent for Easter day To bring to leaven tho earthly thoughts of men! Yot she looked human. Well, I darenot say; But to make sure, I'll go to church again, PASNING JESTS. New York Journal: Policeman (1o Intoxi catod man who Is dropping pennies [nto tho slot of a lamp post lottor-box)— What cher doiu’ there! L M. ~Tryin gum ~hie, to~hio--got some--hio-~ | ehe PRING Washington Si laisies pied, and y-smocks, ail silvory white, And cuckoo-buds of yollow hue, Do paint the meadows with doligh Gadzooks, the spring of *ninoty-ono— Does scarcely soe such wonders done. Wife—She was the light of the household. Husband, sadly— Yes, the gassiest old lady I over saw. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I foared ! Two Owis and u Hen, four Larks anda Wren, Have all built thelr nests in my beard.”” i, Somerville Journal: A woman never feels that she 1s altogether out of society so long asehe gots an invitation every yoar w a fashionable milliner's of Rochester Talisman ttio—Tn the cor- | ridor last night Jack cal * me in his arms, s, and then suid ho couldn't forgive him f, and-let me go. Lottic—How angry yon must have beon, Dansville' Breozo: “Mon_are proud, as a rule. - Now. for instanco, why do you raise a beard " “Why, madam, because it's the only way 1 can get one.” REASON AND REASON. 1t “roason guides our deeds,” As somo old poet says; Have we not reason, too, To guide our mortgages ! To Senator McHale, author of the anti- tights bill in Minnesota, the St. Paul Globe has dedicated a poem, with the refrain : “AlL hail! McHalo! McHalo! Go down to town and soo tho sights And make the girls tako off their tights," Harper's Bazar: *Hoy music?” asked a prospectiv It depends on what kind you want to buy,”" replied the dealer. “Orean musio I sell by the choir and piano music by the pound.” McCrass —1'd have you to understand that I've a mind of my own! Fogz—1 never said you hadn't. But Tonco knew a man with a club foot. I never knew bim to boast of it, however. A girl 1s sweet, But oh! how bitter The same girl is When her dress don't fit her. New York Herald: Mr. Breezy—You've ROt to put on more clothes if I'm golug to take youto the ball. Mrs. Breezy—If you think I'm thinly dressed now you ought to have seon me at my first bawl. I strove to teach hor how to spell (My pretty secrotary she). And when sho had her lesson learned She straightway cast a spell o'er mo, New York Sun: Grip—I always pay as T 0, 8. Sack—SodoL It'sthe only wayIcan got my baggage, Elmira Gazette: Civil Service Examiner —How many barrels of water does it take to make ono welll Kentucky Applicant—Give it up, Colonol, but down my way a singlo gluss will makd one sick. Now York Sun: Bad for the Bone—“By jove,” said the museum man, turning pale, {1 What's tho matter, Ruportt” asked his wife. “I forgot to send the dog-faced boy any supper, and heis locked up in the same cage with the ossified man." Fliegende Blactter; Lebormann—I owe 810,000, This won’t do. 1'll have to pay up. Now, let me think whom I can start to bor- row the money from? Indianapolis Journal: Bofore you start out to attain a seat on thoe highest pinnaclo of fame bearin mind that it runsup to a pretty sharp point. Chicago Post: 1tis said at the postofice department in Washington that stamps are scarce. Many people have received a similar intimation from other sources, Ram's Horn: When the man from the backwoods undertakes to blow out the in- candescent light it makes him almost *‘wish he had never jined meetin." In the spring the poet's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of sonnets, But the maiden turns to Easter Dresses, jackets, gloves and bonnets, Brooklyn Life: Mrs, Gargoyle (introducing friends)—Mr, Hunker, this is Mr. Snow, the father of the lovely Miss Snow whom you so much admire. Hunker (extending his hand)—I am ex- ceedingly happy to meet the author of the beautiful Snow. ‘Washington Star: The Green Isle should change its name to the Isle of Pat-muss, LR iy ' SUBVEHKTING AUTHORITY. A V'gorous Protest Against Bul'doz- ing Governor Boyd. Owmany, Neb,, March 23.—To the Editor of Tuk Bek: 1 have looked anxiously and in vain to the columns of your journal in_expec- tation of finding & protest against the crime now being attempted of subverting and de- stroying the executive authority and oftice and securing extenuative approval of party and class legislation by political bulldozing. The movement now on foot to petition Gov- ernor Boyd to approve the bill recently passed by the legislature, aud known as the Newberry maximum rate bill, is the measure T beg leave to critizise. To those not entirely fools, or wholly m ad the executive department of our triune gov- ernment is 8s important and sacred, nnd should be as independent and untramelled as cither the judicial or the legislative, for upon the indevendence and purity of each. must depend the efficiency and permanenco of all. To ask the governor to take a certain action in a given case, is to ask him to abaicate his office, ana confer the executive function upon something worse than a town meeting. It is simply an insult to the incumbent of the gubernatorial office. Such an attempt is neither better nor worse than would be an attompt to influence the decision of the su- preme court in a case pending before it. How would itlook, or how sound, if somebody should propose & petition to the supreme court askwg it to decide w favor of or against Governor Boyd in the Thayer man- damus case now pending theret And yetthe paratlel is complete throughout. The at- tempt in either case is an unmatched out- rage, & most unparaileled importinence. No reflection upon tho merits of the bill in question is here intended. It may be advis- able, just at this juncture, when party fences need to be mended and maintained, that on behalf of this numerous and vote-casting class, the old rule which permitted the sellor to name the price at which he would sell should be reversod and legislative loave given tothe buyer to fix the price at which he would buy, of the railroads. I know thet for my clothes I must puy what the tailor demands, I know that for my board I must pay the figures named by my landlord. I know that for my pew I must pay the amount fixed by the vestry, I kuow that for the paper I read I must pay the price demanded by the publisher, but T presume this is “old fogy" and all wrong, and T should, in fact. be glad to have the rule in these cases reversed, for it would give me better clothes, botter board, a better pew and the same newspaper at less money, but this protest iy direted, not against the provisions. of the Newberry bill, which generously pro- vides that the farmer may have transporta- tion from the railroads at his own prico, but | the attempt by petition and publiv clamor 1o compe} the governor to step down and out, | to the disgrace of himself and the detriment of his ofiice, Yours very respectfully, 3. G. LumibaxD, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, THuEPALO GAP. 8. D, Maroh 8.--To the Fd|tor { of “Fuw Bum: Wil You bleaso state what century we are living In—the elghteenth or nine h.J. R. Mower. Ans.—We aro now living fo tho latter halt of the nineteenth century. Sure. Miziiaan, Nob. March 18.-To th Tw Bee: Pleaso inform mo th s of your paper as to whother o v vither speak, write ond the ¥ wiko 18 eligibio to an tve office in the od States. Yours truly 2 P, Mona AN if ha is & eitizen of the Unite l/ States ho is eligible. . March 95.--To the Fditor of h your paper MOre Wo ~=Yours, Editor ot eh the col Wiie sh Statos than men: ) United Statos, To the Edjtor of ountry hus the largest irope and how doos” Lug- wore women than men in th ob., Mareh 26, B What standing arm land, Russia . A. Al Northwest corner ot Eighteon port. Ans.—Russiahas the largest standing arny haying 1.564,32: Germany bas an ariny whilo England has but 137,471 tho Ed forsome prosentad to slution of the When and how long was Englan i F.J. HoAGLAND. Ans.—1. John Quincoy Adams Tho nearest approach to England ever being n re Jublic was during the protectorate of Olivor Jromwell, which lasted about five years, 8 D, March 2 Is ‘thore any p 1t 50, how old will It K whom should & person pur- chase it? Would you pl and answor this in your next weekly. Yours respectfully, JACOT KAUFMAN. g Ans.—You can got all the information you may need with rogard to old coins by writine to the e or of the American Journal of s, Boston, Mass, Wnore the non-partisin paper callad the Pann Ispublished and who Is its editor? Also Is thero any other non-purtisan |n:1)-‘|' published? 1f80, ploase give me, the nddress,—A Sul seriber, Ans.—We do not know of any such paper 48 you describe. There is a papor published at Cloveland, O., called the Non-Partisan Journal, which would probably answer your purpose, and there aro a number of other nowpapers of this kind published in various parts of the Unitod States. KN, T, March 20.~To the Editor of ik I} Can_you g me any information in regard to the time those rallroad contractors gemon to work on the rallroads in Wash- would 1ike 10 hire to go out € mo know if you find out. AP, MCFr. Ans.—As a goneral rulo, rmlroad contract- ors need men most urgently in thespring and summer months. is done in tho winter. If the weather is favorable i tho fall of the year, work of this kind is often carried on till very near winter. Somuyiem, Neb., March 2.—To the Editor o Tk Bek: Please answer the following: 1. For one who Is preparing to become n teacher, which is the bef r Wiy Lo learn to pronounce Latin, according to the English pronuncin tion orthe Roman? Plense ussign the reasons for your answer. 2. Aro there any bools pub- lishied cont: g good anecdotes'or luderous stord uch us politioal ub’«'nkl‘r and o ocoasionally muke use of? If thereuro give the names of the books and where they may be had. HAMILTON WILKIN. Ans.—1. Tho Continental sstem is consid-___,- ored the best. 2. ‘Tho republican and demo. craticstate central committees have litora- ture of that class specially propared for the use of speakers and orators OAKLAND, Td., March 2 Please answer notes and queries: 1, Where is the deepest mine In the world? 2. Describe the process of making bottles, 3. How long haus Jim Cul prison, and when will he be rele: . Name e of the larges in the United State: Ony DAvIS. Ans.—1. Tho Calumet and Hecla copper mine, on tho westorn snore of Lake Superior, is probably the deepest mine in the world: Tho process of making boitles is briefly as follows: A long iron tupe is dipped into the melted glass, 4 portion of whieh adheres to the end of the tube. After thjs material is partially cooled, the glass-biower puts the end of the tube, with the portion of the glass adhering, into the mould, and blows into the tube, which he holds in ' vertical position. it is then passed from the hands of the blower, and is finished by several other workmen. Jim Cummings was_convicted in 1885 in St. Louis for the 'Frisco robbery of 185,000 and sentenced to seven years, but the court roduced the sentence to five, and ou ac- count of good behavior howas releasod in four years and sevea months, and after his release went to California. 4. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and St. Louis, o tho Edltor of o following In tho ings been In: od? A Lies S God Bless the Postmaster. Oneof the most affecting scenes I have witnessed for a long time took place a fow moments ago, said the private secretary to the postmaster of Philadelphia. A young «irl, pale, wan, but withal refined and beauti / ful, and in destitute circumstances, had been sent some $20 from home, and the letter con taining it, owing to improper dircction, hid not been recéived by her. Nearly threo weeks had elapsed, and the poor creature in despair had sought the postmaster's oflice, where, in a frantic and excitable condition, she was ushered into my presence. Aftor hearing her story I sent a messenger to the delivery division to ascertain if such a letter had been recei and if 80, if he had been forwarded to the dead let- ter office; for an accurate accountis kept of overy lotter sent to that office. Soon the messenger returned with the letter, which I handed to the poor girl, with the remark that if she would open it I thought she would find her money. Her delicato white fin nipped little pieces from the end of the en- vu\npu in rapid succession, her oyes gloam- ing with anxious expectancy, and as she caught sight of the greon bills she clasped her hands tightly over the envelope with its contents, and with tears streaming down her ks, exclaimed: ‘“God bless the post- . When she left there was not a dry oye in the room. M et Want-d to Impress His Sweetheart. Henry Poe, when leaving the residence of Asbury Richardson at miduight, after spend- ing the evening with Richardson’s daughter, near Edinburg, Tndiana, claimed to have beon. shot through his clothing and then torn into shreds by an unknown assassin, with whom he had & terrible encounter. Money was sub- scribed to investigate the matter, Poe con- tributing $50. While the investigation was in progress, Poe broke down and admitted that ho did it himself to appear brave in the eyes of Miss Richardson. b - T% ARELAND, Pall Mall Gaz:tte, . There's trouble at my heart again, Motherland ; Thy sacred brow is seared with pain, My motherland; But grieve no moro; though hands profano Would bind anow thy breaking chuin— A wound is botter than a stan, Motheriand, my motherland, 1w Of lote the world looked bright, Motherland; The long-sought bliss was full in sight, Motherland, my motherland: Thiek clouds have gatherod, black as night, Thy hopes to blast, thy joy to blight, But thoy must pass, ehold the light | otherland, my motheriand | ur. In weal or woe thow'rt still the same, Motherland; No blot is on thy ancient fsme, Motheriand, my motherland; As purely as an altar iamo il glows and sbiugs thy cherished namo; “Thou'lt have no part with things of shame, Motherland, my motherland ! . No guilty knight shall champlon thee, Motherland ; ' No traitorous friénd thy kulght shail be, My motherlan Whatever time thou hast to dree, True men alono shall set theo free, Aud God will guard thy liberty, Motheriaad, my motherisad! Very littie railroad work