Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1892, Page 4

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B, “Trschuck, seorotary of The BEE Publishine company, d wolennly swear that the actual circulation of DALY Bee for the weok ending January 0, follows: Eunday. Monday, Jun. 4 Tuesday. Jin ednosduy, Jun. 6., Enursdiy. din. < riday, Jun. 8 Buturday, Jan. LATION, 1892, was a8 verago A ot EO. it T78¢ Sworn to hefore me and subscribed presence this 9th day of January. A. D. 1892 SEAL N. P FEiL Notury I The growth of the averace dally ¢irenlat on of Tne BEE for six yeurs is shown in vhe fol- lowin table: AT TR (CINNES 16,206 (8,671 1 Jnnuary..... ¥ebruary . | 40w | 18,003 1 4,151 | 18,183 18,6 October Novemner. THE Denver end of the water works controversy is apparently the business end, Tk gravity of the Chilian situation Jhas not been exaggerated. There is danger of upsctting it by exaggeratiou. ONE new member of the council has returned the annual pass tendered him by the etreet railway company over its lines. Next? THE election officers should cultivate the virtue of patience. In time they are cortain to receive 36 apieco unless all the public treasuries are exhausted. PENNSYLVANIA is in tho field early for Mr. Blaine. Pennsylvania is the Keystone state, but she should allow Mr. Blaine some discretion on this nestion of his candiaacy for the presidenc) Four per cent bonds were sold by Denver in 188) at a handsome premium. The present year things are not so pros- perous for the best bid offered the other day for a block of 20-year + per cents was $94.55. PERIAPS if Judge McDill had fairly warmed his seal as interstate commerce commissioner he would not be quite so cortain that the Counselman decision of the United States court would not impair the efficiency of the interstate commerce law, Ir TiE democrats allow extended de- bate upon the important topics of na- tional expenditures, tariff and finance, when the presidential campaign opens they will be left without argumeuts to stand upon. This probably explains why debate is to be limited. SENATORIAL courtesy covers a great deal of nonsense. For instance, instead of reporting against Peffor’s foolish bill to loan Indiana farmers $100,000,000 and ending its useless existence at once and forever, the committee on agriculture brings it before the country again with the recommendation that as it is a financial measure it be referred to the sonate committee on financo. Dr Grorue L. M puys his rospects to Congressman Bryan in a . caustic epistle printed elsewhere in THI Bep. Mr. Bryan may be able to take comfort in the anecdote of the interview between the boy and the mule by recall- ing the philosophy of the father who related it when he remaried that his son was not as handsome as hofore but he bad learned a litlle something. THi death of the eldest son of the prince of Wales, and heir presumptive to the British throne, is the saddest aflliction that has befallen the royal family of England since the death of the Prince Consort. Prince Albert Victor, while not giving promise of a groat career, was & young man of good charace ter and agreeable quulities. His death is rendered especially pathetic by the fact that he was soon to be married. Prince George of Wales, an intelligent and promising young man, now becomes heir presumptive to the throne. E—— BILLS have now been introduced for the following public building appro- priations in Nebraska: Lincoln, #1,000, 000; Omaha, $400,000; Hastings, $250,000; Norfolk, $250,000; South Omaha, $100,- 000; Kearney, $100,000, aud Plattsmouth, 860,000—in all, $2,160,000. When these items sccumulate under old Joe Hol- man’s nose his face will turn crimson with rage and he will rush off to the other eud of Pénnsylvania avenue in order to make sure that the treasury is locked and barred, While he is gone the bills will go to sleep and the old man will never permit them to waken. m————— WHiLg it is not expected that the chiet grain inspector shall personally Investigate the quality of grain offered for inspection, it is not too much to ask that he be competent to do thls if it should be necessary. The practice of appoiuting politicians to public positions for which thoy have neither training nor aptitude is always bad. The gov- ernor would better L.ve namea an ox- periénced grain man for inspector. This might have saved a great deal of the friction which has followed the appoint- ment of un honest but utterly inexperi- enced man for the head of the grain departwent. DEMANDING TOO MUCH The Nebraska farmers alliance, na a bodv, is made up of industrious, honest and intelligent men, whosincerely dosire not meraly to botter their own condition but also to do' away with many abuses that are sapping the foundation of our republic, There is a widesproad con- viction among the farmers of tho west ns well as of the south that radical legisla- tion, national and state, is absolutely necessary to bring about the reforms which they deem essential to the pros- perity of the producers. Now thore is no doubt that there are somo grevious abuses which can be cor- rected by legisiation, and there are somoe refocins advocated by the farmers alli- ance that will soonor or later have to be made. The platform adopted at Lincoln is a patehed quilt demanding some things that everybody concedes and others that are boyond the reach of the present ge eration and of many generations yet to como. The demand for the election of the president, vice-president and United States senators by direct vote of the peo- ple is in accord with the progressive sentiment of the country, and if the pres- idential term werelimited to six or eight venrs and no re-election a very import- ant reform would be achieved. The demand for the election of post- masters by the people is not feasible aven at this juncture, and if we are to have postal telegraphs and postal say- ings banks, American postmasters in overy important town would ine have to be practicul telegraph operatc as well as good business men. In Eng- land and in nearly all European coun- ries postmasters have a permanent tenure of office, with promotion from the smaller to the larger towns, according to eapucity, length of service and merit. The demand that the government in- stitute proceedings to foreclose its lien upon the Union Pacific and Central Pa- cific railvoads is eminently proper, as is also the demand for the enactinent by next legislature of a more stringent Lu: It is doubtful, howeve whether a6 por cent rate on all loans is not premature. A 6 per cent rate on real estate loans and an 8 per cent rate on bavk loans and notes secured by chattel mortgage would be more likely to meot present requirements. A strict 6 per cent law, including commissions, would tend to keep out much needed capital and create a money stringency. The demand for a state law that will make all debts payable in any kind of money the debtor may tender to his creditor, vegardless of continct stipula- tion that the interest or principal shall be payable in gold, would crivple our producers and the debtor elass generally instead of helping them. No legislature can ubrogate the obligations of debtors on contracts already made. Every mort- gage payable in go'd will have to be paid in gold or in money exchange- able for gold at par. This is nota rank injusti inusmuch as every dollur loaned in this country since 1878 was equal to 100 cents in gold. If a farmer borrows a bushel of wheat with the un- derstanding that he shall pay back in wheat it would be dishonest for him to insist that his creditor shall be com- pelled to accept a bushel of oats or a bushel of barlev, unless the oats and harley h exactly the same mar- ket value as the wheat. The effect of muaking debts incurred after the passage of the proposed lew payable in any kind of money would simply result in ‘the with- drawal of loans and credits from Ne- braska. No capitalist would be willing to loan money based on gold standard values aud take his chances on being puid back in debased curvency that he couid not exchange in other countries avithout a heavy discount. The demand for a miximum freight and passenger rate law is right and proper, but there is neither sense nor reasonableness in insisting that this rate shall be no higher than the vate now in Towa. The lowa rate was tixed by a commission and has been changing from time to time on various commodities On some articles the Towa rate is to) high, and discontented Towa merchants and farmers ave demanding u reduction. On otherarticles the lowa rate could not bo adopted for Neoraska becaidse it would he unreasonably low for lines in the sparsely settied portion of this state. The lowa rate differs on ditferent rail- ronds. These roads are classified as trunk lines and branch lines, and the trank line rate is much lowor thun the branch line rate. What we sho uld have in Nebraska isa low maximum freight rate for the principal staples, including grain, hay, cattle, lumber, coal and salt. If this works well we can in due time establish maximum rates on other com- modities. The demand for a constitutional amendment to have the permanent school fund loared out 6n farm mort- gages is immature and pernicious. This system had a fair trial under the first constitution of this state, and resulted in the loaning out of school money on renl estate appraised away above its value, the formation of a school fund ring in the state house and the impeach- went of two state officers The demand to prohibit alien land ownership would, if enacted into law, have the samo effect in Nobraska that it had in Texas. If an alien cannot own land all foreign mortga loans would be at once withdrawn. A mortgage is a conditional sale of property, and if the owner of the morteage is ‘prohibited from holding the property he cannot lawfully take possession of it by fore- closure. Foreign syndicates and capi talists could not be induced to losn or invest money either to farmers, rail- road companies, mining nssociations or companies organized for any permanent improvement, including factories, mills, or even lrrigation canals, This was ex- actly what happened in Toxas recently where the governor was about to call speocial session of the legislature to re- peal the alien land law, when the Texas supreme court declared it unconsti- tutional, und saved the state the ex- pense of an extra session, The demaud for the government own eship of telegraphs is rational and ght. It can be carried out without straining the resources at the disposal of the government now in the treasury The proposition that the government shall buv up und operate all the rail- HA roads in the country is decldedly proma- ture. There are now 168,507 miles of railroad in the United States, employ- Ing 749,301 men. These roads were oapitalized durlng the year 1891 for $9,871,378,380; In other words the rail- roads of the United States represent a capitalization of nearly ten billions. How are we to purchase these roads? [f the government assumes their mort- gages and issues bonds for whatever these roads m be worth above their bonded debt, our national debt would be made four times as large as it was at tho close of the war. Such an enormous in- crease of the public debt would seriously impair our credit. This is not all. An increase of the army of federal employes by three-quarters of a million men would severely strain the stability of our re- publican institutions. The fact is the country is not ripe for such a revolution and the alliance people are only wasting their encrgies 1n advocating it. On the money question the alliance platform embodies nearly all of the visionary schemoas that have been advo- cnted by eccentrics who lack a balance wheel in the upper story. These peoplo actunlly pretend that they have discov- ered a way of running the government without taxation and making money abundant among all classes of people, whether they live by their wits or by the sweat of their brow. The most absurd of all these demands is the arbitrary increase of the circulating medium to $50 per capita. Why $50, and why not $100, or $200? The circulat- ing medium means, of course, any article by which exchanges ave effected. Gold and silver coin, bank notes, checks and drafts that pass current between business men in the payment of debt and sale of commodities are our culating medium, Only 8 per cent of the ex- changes made 1n this country are offected by the payment of coin or paper money, while 92 per cent of business is done with checks and drafts. Now we have over two billions of gold and silver coin, treasury certificates and bank notes in civculation, and if this amount repre- sents one-tenth of the circulating medium with which business is done in this country thc aggregate of our exchanges by check and draft would be not less.thun eighteen billions. In other words the aggregate circulating medium, —coin, greenbacks, national bank notes gold and silver certifizates, bank checks and drafts—amounts to $248 por capita. Does not this fict alone prove conclu- sively that the clamor for more circu- lating medium to enable us to transact the business of the country"is a baseless delusion? THAT RT DECISION. While the members of the Interstate Commerce commission who have said anything regarding the supreme court decision in the Counselman case profess to believe that it does not necessarily destroy the usefulness of the commission, they confess that the effect is to very seriously impair its authority, and con- cede that further legislation will be necessary in order to enable the commis- sion to enforce the law. It is suggested that the court pointed out the course to be adopted in saying that a statutory enactment, to be valid, must afford abso- lute immunity against future prosecution for the offense to which the question relates. The opition of the court, that neither the interstate commerce act nor the section of the revised statutes relat- ing to immunity for witnesses furnishes adequate protection, mwakes sufliciently plain what is required; and congress ought to provide it with the least possible delay. If a law glving absolute immunity against future prosecution is sl that is necessary to enable the Interstate Com- merce commission to enforce the act, and this seems clearly to be implied in the language of the supreme court de- cision, there gertainly need ba no delay in enacting such a law. It is demanded at once in the public intevests, now menaced by the danger of a general restoration of the old methods of dis- crimination. Speaking of this matter Senator Cul- lom is quoted as saying that the peo- ple of the United States are determined that the common carciers of the country shall be prohibited in some way from disregarding the people’s rights, and if tke law is not quite light enough, or broad enoughyto protect the individual rights of the time to enable the commission to find out whether the common carriers are violating the law, there will be some way found by which we can get at the facts in regard to such violations and at the same time not violate the rights of oitizens before the courts. *If the courts,” said Senator Cullom, *'shall so construe every effort on the part of tho people to gret hold of the facts us to vio- lations of the lnw 50 as to uncover them and punish the perpetrators, as to pre- vent testimony being secured, reckless, unjust discrimination will go oa indef- initely and the people’s rights will be disregarded.” Perhaps the remedy pointed out by the supreme court would be sufficient, but it is obvious that in order to give the people the fullest pos- sible security against the evil practices of railroad mnugement there must be concurrent state legislation that will reuch these practices Meantime con- gross can give itsattention to no more important matter than that of providing a remedy for the defects of law by roa- son of which the interstate commerce act is vendered practically worthless. FOR THE COUNTY AUDIPOR not be exactly in accord with the ietter of the law, but there is no doubt that the county needs a compateat and eflicient man to audit and keep record of all the receipts and expendityres as much as the city needs a compt-oller. It is not &' question of paying out $1,200 or 81,300 n year for an auditing uccountant, but whether this auditing is 10 bo & mere sham. Up to this time at least our county records of disburao- monts and receipts, and of the amounts expended and available from each fund, have been kept vary loosely of doilars connty superintendent of the poor, who acts in the double capacity »f purchusing agent and distributor ol charity. This man is either too igno \nt to keep proper accounts or purposely wls his transactions. He keeps no vocord of the quantities of provisions, Thousands sburse:l through th cone DAILY | itizen, and at the same’ FRIDA fuel and other nrticles distributed by him to each Hiigent person or family, nor does he ' tuke vouchers for thom. He buys whora-he pleases, gives away what he pleaseq and to whom and when he pleases. THe county commissioners stmply vote to/ fhy the bills he incurs. Such a system naturally bogots favor- itism and cornyption, It seems to us that the commissioners cannot afford to continue these siip-shod methods Every officer 0f'the county and every employe who di¥burses coutty funds or handles any ditféle of valuo should bo made to report 16 the auditor regularly and submit vouchers for every item in his accounts. Every county official who receives foos or gives orders for payment of any fee to the treasurer should be required to roport monthly or quarterly to the auditor. These ac- counts should be checked up and made public through the Board of Commis- sioners at stated periods. This would bo u step 11 the direction of reform and might justify the appoint- ment of anauditor. Anything short of this would make the office of auditor a worthless sinecure. ~ HOME BINDL Scant courtesy was accorded the rep- resentative of the Iromont binding twine factory by the alliance at Lincoln. Assuming that the gentleman was en- titled by courtesy or membership of the order to call attention to his fuctory, the alliance ought to have been courteous enough to give him a fair hearing and not permit a glib tongued member to bring him into ridicule. 1f the farmers of Nebraska are to be independent in any measure of the ms kets of the east and of foveign countries it will be by tho development of manu- facturing industries at home. The bind- ing twine factory supplies to the farmer a necessary article manufactured from a Nebraska vroduct. It employs laborers who consume farm products. Every dol- lar expended by the factory for lubor and material goes to somebody in Ne- braska and the profits of the business, if any, find their way into Nebraska pockets. To the average citizen who belioves in patronizing home industries the re- quest of the Fremont party for the pat- ronage of the farmers was a reasonable one, and every farmer present ought to have agreed to help out the Nebraska concern. The eastern binding twine trust which is seeking the destruction of the Fremont factory ought to be re- buked in a practical manner in Ne- braska. Suppose the cost of Nebraska made twine is o trifle.greater by reason of the unfair competition of the trust than the trust price; would it not be better in the long run to give the home factory the prdféfence? THE BEE be- lieves the working - agriculturists - will agree with it in saying that the homeo factory is entitled to the Nebraska trade. whatever maybe the opinion of: the taik- ing agriculturists. 1 IN*VIEW of the evident purpose of the house democratd; regarding appropria- tiois, there . is anall change iat the bills providing for coast defenses that dave been reported to the genate, and which provide for an expenditure of $100,000,000, will get through congress. It is true that the plan is to extend this expenditure over eleven years, $10,000,- 000 to be expended during the current fiscal year, but it can be safely predicted that the house will not agree toany such proposition. The democrats cannot afford to altogether ignore the demand for coast defenses, It is to be supposed that even Mr. Holman, with all the sense of security which his remoteness {rom the seaboard may give him, has some appreciation of the importance of improving the seacoast defenses, but if the house allows hulf the sum asked for this purpose it will do batter than is to be expected. It is very likely thut all the real necessary defenses and fortifica- tionscan he proyided for a considerablo less amount than the senate bills call for, They are based upon the recommenda- tions of the army fortifications hoard, and, while a great deal of deference is due to such expert authority, it is to be borne in mind thav army boards are apt to run to excessive estimates, MR. MAHONEY has been given an- other lease to take care of the paupers of the county, march them to the primary olections and dole out groceries and provisions to a preferred class of the in- digent poor and some people of question- able roputo for decency and moralit M. Mahoney’s gripon the county lar- der is not likely to be loosened so long as he can pack primaries and manipu- late elections in defiance of law, TrE republicanstate committeashould bear in mind that the year 1892 is not 1801, There will be a full vote in 92 and Tho success of the republican party will depend very largely upon its ability to satisfy the rank and file of republi cans 1n the state and moro especially the farmers that the republican party is not a mere tin can’kttachod to the railrond canine. A PrROFESSOR | [PHANK A, FITZPATRICK, in his addressybelore The Club on “The Influenct of Silent KForses,” en- tirely omitted the olement which malkes a political foot «ball of the Board of Education. # THE Fremond tiyine industry was not given much eneourngoment by the state allinnce. The'nfHance does not appeur to be in entire sjmpathy with the do trine of patronizing home industries. CLEVELANDg ., receives 4 per cont upon daily biTfices deposited by he: city treasuror with banks of thut city Why should Omaha baniers find it im possible to pay more than 2 per cent ¥ Tue Board of County Commissioners will cheerfully veduce the sularies of all republican deputies and clerks, but they are not disposed to cut off demo cratie taxeaters., Tn provious question is the which the overwhelming democ majority resorts to now w prevent 103 house from bheing a delit body means tic the or atly THERE I8 an. old German adage “What is to be vinegar will turn son I there is to be ar very soon hont i 1 i * Union Pagific influence offort for retrenchment all along the Jine in our city government, the councll will have to take steps very soon to con- solidate the departmonts, weed out fdlers and cut down salaries on a busi- ness basis, — A Sad 1 Globe-Demoe There fs only one blot on Senator Hill's escutcneon as a thorough and consistent democrat, aud that is the fact that he doesn't drink. - Ever Ready for t Cinetnnati Commere Hon. John M. Palmer is coming forwurd as a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. There has hardly been a time in tho last thirty years when he was not a candidate for something. ———— Go It, Dave: Indianapolis Jowrnal. Ono Isaao Pusey Gray is a silent but deeply interosted speoctator of the fight betweon the Cleveland and Hill editors. The swish of the doadly snickersnee of those fierce par tisans is sweetest music to the ear of tho In- diana democratic claimant, - i e Mis ackso winetnnati Commereial The Baltimore San congratulutos the In- dinua cougressional delegate conventions on unanimously adopting ‘“‘resolutions in thorough accora with ex-President Cleve land’s Jacksonian spocoh.” If Mr. Cleve land’s specch were worthy of being called Jacksonian, it would not favor ripping up the tariff and catering to British intorests at the expense of our own. Andrew Jackson was a hardshell protection man. He believed in fostering American industries, ENasde guasonsy, It's Thoroughly Appreciated, Kearney Hub. Tne Owama Big's splendid article on Kear- noy and Buffalo county, intended as an illus sration of the magniticent progress in civil- 1zation which has redeemed the great Ameri- can desert for the husbandman and the ar tisan, is fully borneout by the evidence spread bofore men’s eyes, Today, says Tik Ber, Kearney is by all odds the most pro. gressive and metropolitan eity in the state outside of Omaha. Kearney people approci- ate this high compliment frown the greatest of western newspapers, and the Hub is con fident that they will never do less than here- tofore to deserve it. —_—— Hall, Columblans, Happy B New York Sun. Mr. James Meaus of Massachusetts, who has snatched fame bald-headed, as it were, by founding the Columbian party, is nota crank, There may be a few little unex- pected crinks in his cerebral convolutions, but his pate is plumb in regard to the politi- cal situation of Mr. Girover Cleveland. The old school mugwumps are still hoping against hope that they will be able to force their candidate and their principles upon tho democratic party. The new school mug- wumps, whom Mr. Meaas is organizing into the Columbian party, see tnat unless a separate party nominates Mr. Cleveland, he will not be nominated. Founder Means told the exact truth about the matter in the appeal which he made to the Massachusetts Reform club last week. *It is impossible," he said, *‘to get away from the fact that if ne (Mr. Cleveland) is not supportea by the Columbian party, he will have no support at all.” . ——— Roasting the Corporations, Senator Power at Helena. Irrigation Congress. “There are perhaps 40,000,000 acres of arid lands. The Dakota congressmen say they will stand by the old man who holds the purse. 1 wauld like to ve so instructed by this convention. California is a country owned absolutely by railroads. That influ- ence controlled the Salt Lake convention. There is—I dislike to say it -a judge on the supreme beach wko 1s actually a lobbyist in getting judges named today. This i have understood from my colleague, who is a lawyer. 1 refer to Judge Field, who is gong out of his road to arrange that land graat roads shall get our mineral lands. I dislike 1o mention those things, buv they are facts. Who are the men standing by the Salt Lake proposition? Men living on the plains? No, sir. The prime movers are from the small miuing counties. If these lands are ceded to us that will be an end to appropriations. After getting 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 acres of lana we will be asked to stand aside. How is the situation? Wyoming has abouv two- thirds of her lands surveved. Snhe has had The Northern Pa- cific does not care about having the land sur- veyed. Weo bave hardly one-lifth of ours surveyed in Montana. A Dend Letter Law, St. Louis Gtobe-Democrat., ‘The supreme court of the United States in a decision published a day or two ago has emasculated the intorstate commerce law and rendered it practically a dead lett T'he court holds, in a case before it on ap- peal, that the commissioners can not compel a witaéss to give testumony caloulated to in- crimiuate himself. This is a very old prin- ciple of law, and ought not to have required afirmation from the supreme court. And yet its enforcement will render it impossiblo to make a case against any railroad agent or shipper who may be indicted under the law. The momeént a shipper testifies against a railroad company he testifies against him- self and subjects himself to the pepalty of theact. The special release from this obli- gation granted by the suprente court makes couviction under the act & practical impossi- bility. *e Chicago Herald, To a violation of the interstate commerce law there aro just two pirties—the railroad official and the shipper. Uader the law as written both are equally culpable; under the law a5 just declarcd both are equally veyond tho roach of punishment. No outside testi- wmouy is possible. No conviction can bo se- cured unless the power is in the nands of the sovernment to force ono or the other of tho guilty parties to contession, admission or dis- closure, ‘I'bis power, the supremo court as serts, the govornment does not possess. The logic of the decision is that guilt cannot bo punished because 1t 18 guilt—that the techul- cality of the law is more sacred than tne nurpose of the law ~that the lawyers and uot the people rule this country, ‘The Interstate Commerce commission. may as well 0n.or into tha quist atmosphore sur rounding the Civil Service commission and vest i peace. It is knocked out. Puck, “Whero are you going my pretty maid "’ 1L am going to snceze, kind sir,"” she said “Whow are you soeezing at, my pretty mad ¢ “T'm going to suceze--a'chew ! sho sald sl IND TEACHER PUPIL, Clothier and Furnisher 1 want you to teach me." sho softly suid, 1 his heart erow wild with o tuintly blushed and Luo; In hor muldenly manner coy. I wint you to terch mo.” hor oyes looked up To his in s trustfu’ way Ancd his soul grow falntat the perfect bllss s hiat might be his some day Ab, ves, ho would toach he', he thought, oh! How sweet would the lesson be; With her us the aueen of his puss onate neurt Held eaptive, und yot so free. I want you to teach me.’ he hold his breath. A% 8ho he ved o malaen!y sigh 1 waut voil to teach me,” the miiden How to wear un Ascot tie.' and | CARDINAL MANNING, ‘The namo of one of the great churchmon of the Nineteonth century is now enrolled Among the deathless dead, I 84, Honry Edward, Cardinal Manning passed away, an object of veneration in and esteemed the world over. Cardinal Manning was one of the famous group of scholars whom the Oxford move- ment of the 30's led away irom the estab lished church. Enjoying the friondship of Dr. Newman during colloge days, it was not surprising that he fell undor the mighty in fluence of that famous theologian. The o parture of Newman to the church of Rome in 1848 did not immediately affoct Manuing He resisted the persuasive foroo of his friend and assailed Catholiclsm so0 bitterly that Nowman rofused to soo him until he re canted or apologized, In 1851 he followed Newman to Rome aud became a vigorous de feuder of the doctrines ho had proviously denonncea. The names of Manning and Nowman are inseparably connectad with the progress of Catholicism in England in tnis centu In training, cdueation and destiny their lives ran in parallel lines, yot thoir mental and | spiritual characteristics wero radiealy diffor ent. Newman was essentially o thinker, Ho was tho living embodiment of a mo semel that forms a most striking chapter in church history., He was not a man of the world, preterring seclusion to the ususl worldly du ties of an ecclesinstic. Cardinal Manniug combinad great mental power with o ra aptitude for ccelosiastical affair thinker and writer he did not r pinnacle of Newman, but his books, pamph lots and sormons wero a powerful md 1 the movement that gave new lifo and increased membersiip to the Catholic church in Great Britain, The world of toilers had no more zealous and devoted friend than Cardinal Manning, Their utter helplessness 1n the battie against organized capital in London called forth on every occasion his wonderful porsuasive powor. As a mediator between the massos and the classes he was eminently succossful. His influcnce was as gr with the and powerful as with the poor and oppressed. The latter always commanded his servicos and rarely did “he fail in securing justico from even the most exacting omployers. Although a strict churchman, "Cardinal Mannig’s good deeds knew neither bounds of creed nor race lines, His charity com prehended humanity. What he preached he practiced. The heart that animatea his frame throobed for all. Ho w fore most iu every movement calculated to ameliorate the condition of the people. Ho never stopped to analyze the creed of helpers in charitable work, nor the beliefs of tFose whom hunger pinched. So universal was his benevolence and goud deeds in the world of London that the reverence of the poor for him amounted to adoratio His life was singularly puro and ennobling. I'o mankind in general, the lesson of his ca- reer is not to ve drawn from its polemic or ecclesiastic features, but rather from the breadth of his sympathies. He was intoler- ant of intolerance. Narrownass had no place in his broad vision. In his death the Catho- lio church loses one of 1ts greatest cardinals, England a noble son and maukind a sincere friend. e LOCAL BITS OF COLOR. It was a touching incidont that hushed the noisy but good-natured revelry of a crowd of secret society men who were holding a post- lodge jollification at Metz' new hall on South Thirteenth street last night. Newly elected officers of the lodge had just been installed at a neighboring hall ana a number of visitors from other lodges had re- paired with tbe new officers to the saloon to toast the new officials and offer a libution to the success of the fraternity. The proprietor of tha place, a sturdy Teuton, joined in the festivities, but was apparently preoccupied. His heart and thoughts were elsewhere, After numerous rounds of drinks the lodge men becam.e mellow and one of the number started the sentimental song, “Scatter Seeds of Kindness,” the others joining. Mauy of the voices were sadly out of tune but the hearts of the singers wero warm und the gonoral result of their eflort was not un ploas- ng. AL ae the singing was commenced tho wife of the proorietor appeared at the door and called her husband. He left the mercymakers quietly and his withdrawal ‘was apparently unnoticed. The soug proceeded und the proprietor returned to the drinking room just as the men had rinished the stanza contain- ing these lines: If we knew thic baby finzors vressod against the window pane Would be cold and stiff tomorrow, Never trouble us guly There was a pale, haggard look on the face of the propriotor as he returned and stood llof yonrs | and full of honors, at tho patriarchial age of | ity oo Bugland | | count, | night, and worried in troubled stoep yodo Il kil ye, 00! Say, yo dub. I kin Hok yo any time. me A wrong deal, I'll kill yer, you do ) But the patrol wagon Jimmy's throat was nevor completed. Two es took hold of him, and he landed in the wagon kerchug. Then the woro facod about and trotted away through the cold nignt afr toward the station omewhore up in the north part *'de old woman'' tosseda on her poor bed seo! Don' of town that boy she lovod and wonderea why Jimmy did not comoe home when Jack aid 'ho father of one of Omaha's promineut pcloty young Iadies preseated his daughter, | on Christmas, with a handsome kodak, valuod at 8100, He s vory sorry now that ho did so and places a value of &500 on his erop of ro grot. The young lady regrots the re the prosent, too, but hor fathor's o in all its magnificonco, isn't enough to lighten hor weight of woe, 1t appears that the young lady was propsr- Iy delightod with hor prosent, and soon aftor Christmas invited three of hor fntimato girt friends, also prominent in social ciroles 3 spoud afternoon and evening with hior! T'he prized kodak cut a prominent figuro in tho entertainment of the guests, and when it was boxod up that night its plates held the improssions of filty or moro visions of loveli ness intonded for the lady’s boudoir alono. Having playod its littlo pi kodak was boxed up, and it was only or 80 g0 that the young lady made th wing dis- very that the instrument with all its plates beon stolon. Papa was told of tho facts in the case, and now a loeal dotective agency has authority to offer £500 reward for the return of tho kodak complete and no ques tions asked. largo ‘Lhey were standing together at the lean year bail given receutly at the Mulard by the society womeu to their gentlemen frionds. She thought it was quite 1 the line of her duty to s; of praise in honor of tho gentieman's fetehing costume, for had he not spoken in tender accents with tho lovo Light 1n bis eyo of her bowitehing gowns, not once but many times during the past years So the young ladv-gentleman said to her gentleman-lady friend, “Dick, you *aro look- ing particular Il tonight. Your V shaped vest is excecdingly becoming; ves, even your puntaloous are outof sight.”” And tho gentleman-lady adaressed, to be quite as po- lite as the young lady-gentloman, responded by saying,**You havn't ot much the ad- vantage of me.” Quick curtain, Congressman Bryun's Agility, Oyana, Jan, 1470 the Editor of Tug Brk: The exnansive force ot doubloe ieaded brevier upon the head of our distinguished congressman, Mr. Bryan, is already too ap- parcnt. If the promising vouug mau will continue to promiso, lot him *‘fall in" and march to tho imusic of honest money which “Dr. Mitler and a fow bankers,” plus_seven- tenths of the business men of this district and state, plus two-thivds of the thinkiug men of the democratic party who inhabit tho same area, believe in, In doing this he will have to turn a sharp corner, but I have gre: faith in his agility to do this, with the gallant Springer in the lead. When this shall bap pen my friend Mr. Bryan will be merely followiug the lead of “Dr Miller and a few bankers” in the late transwississippi congress, of whose proceedings on silver tnat gentleman was a_disgusted spectator at tho moment when ‘“Dr. Miller and a few bank- ers” submitted a roport cailing foran interna tional conference to fix the ratio of the silver dotlar. It is benind tbis strong fortress that M-, Springer has already retreated from tho porils of “unlimited coinage,” and that Mr. 3ryau will soon be in his good company gocs without saying with all whu know his de- pendent relations with tne eminent [lli- noisan. It thus continues to occur that the Cleve- lands, Carlisles and Gormans, with David Boaaparte Hill in the midst, continue tolead the great party away from the financial vay- aries which bave, more than once in the re- cent history of the country, threatened it with defeat and aisaster. My contidence in the ability and agility of our brilliant fricnd Bryan to turn this sharn coruer and get into line with **Dr. Miller and a tew baukers” is unboundea. Georae L. M. LD Ty Cold Kllls Texay Cattle, St. Louis, Mo., June 14.—--Dispatches trom several points in Texas report thata gre many cattlo have died since the unusually cold spell which set in last Sunday, —_— AID TO BE FUNNY. Detrolt Journal: Tom Reed's mustucho is .1t tasks Wi sKill to- count aquo= Philadelphiu Press: Two men in Connoct cut choked on beofsteal. One died. whilo a wugon jolt on the way to a dootor saved the other. Connectieut citizens seeni to be in a chronic state of biting off wore than they cun chow. ready to supply the wants of his customers. One of the revellers noticed it and said: “What's the matter, John "’ “Ob, nothing,” replied ke proprietor, but his voice was husky with emotion and belied his statoment. i “If we ara disturbing any one with our singing we will quit,” said tho lodge man. “You can't disturb uny onme now," said the proprietor, his oyes filling with tears, ‘our bavy has just died. In the rear room of the building useda as a living apartment, a broken hearted woman had watched her y pass from life while her hushand was endeavoring to keep a pleasant face while waiting upoa his mercy, noisy customers. Somehow the men in the bar-room wern't thirsty after they learned of the situation in that little back room. Great beard- ed mes, thinking probaoly of their own wives and little ones, remarked in husky tones that they really dida’t care for anything more and it was time thoy were going home. “Wot's dey got yo fur, Chimmy 2’ Jimmy was braced against the patrol box at ‘wwonty-fourth aad Decatur, lurching from ono side to the other, as his tremendous load of oh-be-joyful shifted uneasily in his overtaxed stomach. He was not more than 18, but his dress was of the kind affected by the genus tough, and his face was stamped indellibly with the mark of vice. “Dunno! Gess it's de jag,” replied Jimmy to hus wterlocutor, another tough, younger, but fully as tough. “It's “because you're & fool and won't go bome, but want to roll in the snow and freezo t0 death,”’ said the big policeman, who was quietly watching Jimmy, while waiting for the police patrol wagon. “Soy, youse keep yor face shet, said Jummy to the officer. “l'm just as good peopld as youse, seof” Then turning to his friend, Jimmy said: “Go'n’ tell Jack come heve.” The friend disanpeared through tne door of the saloon across the stroet, but emerged in & moment followed by Jack aud about a dozen young hoodlums. “Soy, Jack, vouse see de judge in do mornin’," said Jimmy, as Juck came up. “will' 1 tell de«ole woman, Jimmy? querlea Jack. “Naw; don't ye do it." “well, she'll fiud it out anyhow.” “Dav's all right. Wot if ske doos.’ you tell her.’ “Soy, Chimmy, hero comes yer buggy," chimad in another of the crowd, as tho head- light of the patrol wagon was discoverod rapialy approsching. Dav's all right,” commented Jimmy. “Worll T tell mudder, Jimmy ! parsisted Jac “Nuttin’, " said Jimmy, don't give s d—n." “Then turning to the policeman, who was avout twice his size, Jimmy proceeded to themize him. Soy, don’t ye do me wrong, ye ——. Kf Don't “de ole womau New York Herald: She—There must bo sorao hidden connection betwoen loyo and debt. . Ho—What makes you think so! Sho—Men ure forever getting heols” into both, “head over New York Sun: Capitalist (to Dr. Keeloy)— L'l give you #0000 for the right to open a biehloride of gold institute in Muine. Dr. Keeley—1 wunt $100,000. ut you sold Gonneoticut for 880,000, “Trug, but Malne Is a prohibition state. Mr. Noar—What ouzht we to do, doctor, a3 a community, in ordor to—er—to moet’ the Oraing ir. Blunt—Don't Avoid it. Indlanapolls Journ: “Might T inquire. asked the ity editor, In a soft, swoet v “why yon describe the' late Mre. Billiger as bolng “slx feet elght inchos long? s not the word *tall’ good encugh lish for your tan- tidious taste? “Not in this case,” answered the ncw ro- porter. “Billiger was puralyzed and hadn's stood on end for fiftecn years. See?" meet It, my dear sir. THERR'S MANY A SLT Washington Star. In sorrow he gazed at the shimmering foo Tuat brought the pedestrinns down in a trico, And he sighed ag he startod from busi L ronm “There s’ a sp 'twixt my oftice home." fter his return from tho Ou, What made you say there was a Bentiomun wnd his 11866 508 in tho parlor: Miss Cumso—The muid said there wasn mun there with w Iittle bil and I thouzht sho 1 boy named William Epoch: Cumso (i parlor) Jlothier and FPurnishe thuude 80 for? Wifo button, : Husband—What in I8 thut kid rewching out and yolling He ls probably looking for u collur They suy he takes after you, THE GENERAL AVERAGE, Clicago Mail, While furnaces fail and wator-pipes froezo The heud of th house will' ‘think such thought il — Rut the lumber h Will whistle the soft a8 Lhese o the repuies stest Of airs. hires w n ¢ und s Washington Star: The sadly slangy though famillar sporting phrase ' load pioe cine might now with propriety be reterred to th plumber, vovrolt Free Press; He was very humbly and nsked the cook for a bite o eat. “Well, did you over?" she exclalmed in ap- parcnt astonishi ) whitt, ma'um?” he repited with a faint attempt to be fHip and tumiliar, Work?" sho anid with & suup. and shut the door In his tace, Atchison Globo: Every mun in the world s telling whitt ke would do It he were u woman and every woman tells of things sho woul 0ot do if yhe were a mun oh & big twoth hate to lost B pulg to pur Ohleago Tribun ouid thi . At will cost Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ol Baking yor naw good, 1t vor glvo had arrived and horses bout & i re /7 ~ Powder ABSCLUTELY PURE e