Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1893, Page 12

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TZSCHUCK Bworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 25th day of February, 1893, (Seal] N.'P. FEir. Notary Pubil Average Cirel ALL things considered, perhaps it is a good idea for Mrs. Cleveland to have a private secretal ANTHRACITE coal has dropped 50 cents a ton in Boston, but nothing of the kind has occurred in this part of the countr WnEAT is holding its own in the mar- ket, but as it has not lately had much to hold there is little consolation in that fact for the farm Tue Philadelphis rd of Health proposes to abolish hog farming within the city limits. This is a long step for- ward for Philadelphia THE annexation of Canaaa will be hastened by the fact that the Ontario legislature is considering a proposition to tax bachelors from $100 to $500. NEW ORLEANS is fully prepar the removal of the lottery. She hasa Kkindred evil in hor prize fights, and the latter are more profitable to the city than the forme d for It 18 estimated by Neal Dow, the apostle of prohibition, that there are now 2,000 habitual drunkards in Maine, after forty years of alleged enforcement of prohibitory law. Maine should try high license for a while as a remedy for this state of things. itement in Des Moines over a grave robbery in which several men of more or less prominence were connected is entirely justifiable. Public sentiment does not and should not anprove of body snatching, and punishment of the eeverest kind should be meted out to the ghouls who practice it. THE inequalities of taxation on per- sonal property are illustrated by the fact that the personal estate of a St. Paul man has just been raised in valua- tion from $2,900 to $325,000, it having been rated at the former figure for years. Investigation would many cases of that kind. IF THE business men of Chicago take & hand in the election of a mayor and the general reorganization of the city government the results will prove satis- factory, not only to the citizens of that town, but to many thousands of out- siders. Now is the time for the better element of the city to do some practical and useful work, A BILL before the Illinois legislature provides that county boards shall have authority to license as many or as few dramshops as they may think the public good requires within a town, but there must be a petition signed by a majority of the legal voters. This is a sort of local option scheme and probably would not prove effectual in Illinois. Let that state adopt a high license law if it wishes to deal successfully with the liquor traffic. Chicago would bea great guiner by su a liquor law as is now enforced in this state. —_— A RECENT magazine contains thoughtful article designed to dis- courage young poets. It is a waste of energy to argue with a person ad- dicted to the poetry habit, and, after all, whose affaiv is it if a young person wishes to make rhymes? The editors of the land stand hetween the budding bards and the general public and as a rule they do not admit any verses to their eolumns that are not good enough to be truly edifying or bad | enough to be amusing. In either case the reading public gets something for its money and the poct is only out the amount of the postage. a THE action of congress in decreeing that the World's fair shall be closed on Sundays is a severe blow to Chicago and is keenly felt. “‘How shall we provide for hundreds of thousands of strangers," says a newspaper of that city, “if they are not to be left to the wiles of gamblers and the lures of drinking places?” Put- ting the question as to the justice of Sunday closing entirvely aside, this is sheer nonsense. The tors at the World's fair will not all bs children in need of careful guardianship, and even if they were they would not resort to the gumbling table and the bar merely be- cause they could not go to the fair on S“<Bunday. The weakest asgument that has been made against Sunday closing is that it will expose the people to tempta- tion. ‘The vast majority of the people who will go to the World's fair will be men and women who know what they want. The opposition to Sunday closing may fairly bo based upon the needs of the laboring classes who have to work on weok days, but asethe question is now disposed of it is of no use to protest at all lon for January, 24,247 | disclose | BeE| | plicant. | dens of the pr | & plan, THE GREAT NAVAL REVIEW, The next event commemorative of the dlscovery of America that will command the interest of the country is the great proposed naval review in New York harbor in April, wnich will take place at the appointed time unless con- gress fails to make an adequate appr priation, and it will hardly do this after the government has invited other na- tions to participate and they have ac- cepted. The Navy department has received information of the arrival of the gunboat Bennington and the cruiser Newark at the Canary Islands with the Columbus caravels Nina and Pinta in convoy. The department has also just been notified that the Italian gov- ernment will send th vessels to take part in the review. Great Britain will e represented and is expected to send some of her finest war ships. France has & fine navy to draw from and will undoubtedly send over several of her best vessols. Spain will be well repre- sented, as will Germany, Portugal, Japan, Chili, Brazil and the Argentine republie, all of which have accepted the invitation, and it is expe that Rus- sia will be added to the list. As now in- tended the United States will have nearly all of its new war vessels in the review, with the New York as the flag- ship. If the plan as proposed is carried out this will be easily the greatest naval re- view the world has ever witnessed, and | as an exhibition of all the great naval | powers of the world it will be by far the most interesting ever held. The design is that the fleet shall assemble in Hamp- ton Roads and proceed thence to New York harbor, where the pageant will take place. Tt appears that some ri- valry exists between the four big Buro- pean power over the extent of their display. Nonme of them have been disposed to give out the size of the fleet they propose sending or the type of This rivalry is thought by the Navy department to imply that gland, France, Gormany and Italy all propose sending some of the finest spe mens of their recent-built war ships, and not one of them is willing to take second place in grandeur of their d v, Another honor all the countries ving for is the position they will have in the squadron on the voyage from Hampton Roads to New York, and as this goes by the date of commission of the senior officer present, except in the case of the American admiral who _will lead the way, it is said that each country is looking up the ages of its old admirals to see if : they have not been longer in the se e | than those of its vivals. It may happen that Chili’s little fleet will be in com- mand of an officer whose commission antedates that of any other country’s senior officer, entitling her ships to a place in the line in advance of those of all other foreign countries. Fngland, it appears, has been particularly anxious to have the honor place. Many of the smaller powers have de- clined to participate on the ground that thewr navies are not large enough to allow a creditable showing, but with all the great naval powers represented there will be insured one of the most imposing and picturesque pagoants the world has ever seen, and certainly there could be no more appropriate tribute to the great navigator who discovered the new world their vessels. CARES OF THE PRESIDENCY. The office of president of the United States, exalted as it is in dignity and power, is none the less a position involy- | ing arduous labor and many cares. The | head of no other government on earth is required to give so much work and thought to the performance of execu- tive duties as is demanded of the chief tive of this republic, and every sncceeding administration finds the task harder. This must continue to be so until we have in the United States the perfected civil service system of Eng- land, where every change of adminis- tration does not involve the appoint- ment of an army of new officials. In an address delivered some time a0 by Seeretary Tracy he said that the matter of appointments to office alone is a daily task for an industrious man if given the attention it should receiv Washington had but 400 civil appoint- ments to make during his whole term, and in 1850 there were but 787 offices to be filled by the president. Now there | are about 5,000 offices which are filled | by executive appointments and Mr, | Tracy expressed the opinion that within | a quarter of a century the number will be 10,000. He estimated that Mr. Cle: land, if he makes no removals, will have an average of four and a half offices to fill every working day of his administration. Assuming at least three applicants for each place, and that not one in fifty of them can be personally known to the presi- dent, the task before him, if he under- take to conscientiously select the best man for each office, is a tremendous one. Add to these possible judicial appoint- ments and promotions in the army and | navy and it is not difficult to appreciate | what a task this matter of appointments | imposes upon the president. Applications for pardon and the ex- amination of the acts of congress re- quire a great deal of time and mental f labor. It is stated that two a day is an average number of pardon cases to be considered, each of which requives a careful examination into all the particulars of the trial, conyic- tion, sentence and condition of the ap- As to ucts of congress, the Fifty-first sent the president over 1,800, the present congress will doubtless not fall below that number, and the next congress is very likely to exceed it. As the close of each session approaches the consideration of bills consumes practi- cally all the president's time to the ex- clusion of other business. In respect to these three great additions to the bur- sidential office, Mr. Tracy declared that reform is not only impera- tive but practicable. His s tions were to el the presi- dent of the duty ' of acting | npon applications for pardon by ferring all such to the attorney gener: the president to act upon his advice. There can be no valid objection to such Acts of congress of minor im- portance Mr, Tracy suggested might be | sout Lo the secretary, whose department e ‘was affected directly by them, and his counsel determine the approval or dis approval of the president. The more important acts he would consider as now by the entire cabinet, or the president alone. The only difficulty in the way of such an arrangement would perhaps be an objection on constitutional grounds to the increase of the responsibility of the heads of de- partments, but as they are the advisers of the president it would seem that this would be quite within their proper function. Such facts serve to dispel the common impression that the presidential office is something of a sinecure, and that when its occupant takes a vacation it is not because he needs rest, but simply that he desires a change of diversion. The truth is that the president of the United States is one of the hardest worked men in the world and no European ruler is burdened with more cares and an WELCOME, Tt is a significant fact that the tide of immigration to Nebraska has set in much earlier than usual this year and thatan uncommonly large number of peo- ple in various portions of the east and south are making preparations to settle in this state. For many years Nebraska has annually received large numbers of immigrants who have taken up farms and contributed their share toward the development of the state by means of their toil and thrift. Few of them have brought capital, for in most instances they have been poor men seeking an op- portunity to make homes for themselves and their childven. In a majority of cases the only capital which these sot- tlers have brought to their prairie homes in the west has been their indus- try and courage. Without this equip- ment they could not have won success, but with it they have as a rule become prosperous, There is now in progress a strong movement of farmers from central T1li- nois to this state. They are leaving a comparatively old state which has a fer- tile s0il to make homes for themselves in a new country where the land is equally productive, and where farms may be had at p far balow those to which they have been accustomed. To the farmer of small means it mak a g deal of difference whether the price which he must pay for his land is high orlow. He must provide for the payment of interest on a mortgage, and if he can a farm in D aska from which he can derive an income equal to that which he could win from the soil of a more costly farm further east he is clearly a gain This is the ar- gument that is presented with telling effect to the mind of the eastern farmer who is struggling to save enough from his slender income to clear hisland from debt and provide against_ future want. But there is no organized effort in this state to hold out inducements to settlers. There is a great deal of valu- able land awaiting development and home soekers from other states and from foreign lands are always weleomed to Nebraska, but the boomer with his brilliant and fascinating promises of milk and honey without labor is no longer a factor in the development of this state, It often happens that people seeking homes in a new country proceed blindly and ignorantly or are misled by the in- terested advice of false friends and find themselves occupants of a region in which nothing awaits them but disap- pointment. Some 1,500 families of Rus- sians Who some time ago settled in New Mexico have recently removed in a body to one of the western counties of Nebraska, where they hope to find a better outlook. Those people expect to engage in beet culture, and as this industry develops in this state from year to year, as it is certain to do, they will undoubtedly find the prosper- ity for which they are seeking. From many of the states lying west of the Mis- souri the tide of immigration is setting in and Nebraska is rapidly filling up with settlers who are eager to avail themselves of the advantages which this state offe ps many of them will be surprised to find that the great re- gion embraced within the borders of Nebraska is already well peopled and studded with cities and villages, but they will all find room enough, and there will be valuable lands still invit- ing settlers some years hence. All comers are welcome if they bring no other capital than that which is com- prised in the will to work and thr 08 secure THE TRA The MIS. SIPPI CONGRESS. promoters of the congress of representatives of states west of the Mississippi river, which is to meet in Ogden, Utah, April 24, ave pushing the preparations, and the indications are that the will be the most largely attended of any yet held, while the matters to be discussed will not be of less interest than heretofore. We have on other occasicns spoken of the object of this congress, which is to unite the public men of the twenty-two states and territories west of the Mississippi on matters of legislation that concerns them generally or individually. Obviously the states will have more influence united than if each works for si congress | itself, and matters of common interest can best be settled by common effort. The west possesses certain interests which are peculiar to it, and in order that these shall be properly understood by the rest of the country it is mani- festly desirablo that they shall be pre- sented to the general attention in a way to make the strongest possiblo impres- sion. The most effective method of doing this is through an assemblage of representative men from all the western states and territories of the transmissis- sippi region, who can bring forward and intelligeutly discuss all the matters in which this section is specially con- cerned. In no other way can the whole country so well be made acquainted with the wants and wishes of the west~ ern people or be 0 well informed re- garding what is essential to western development and progress. mpar- atively few people in other portions of the country have any conception of what this section is doing to increase the wealth and power of the nation, and still fewer know anything about its re- quirements in order to enable it to go horings of wost- all this needed information. It is expected the twen will be present and undoubtedly attend. Nebras| the governors of s and territories coming congress, aber of them will uld be -well rep- resented by a str elegation of prac- tical men. A new national administra- tion is coming intopower and there will be a complete chagge in the political character of the “noxt congress. The time is therefore peculiarly auspicious for the west to mfke its wants and wishes clearly kfown. ‘The transmis- sissippi congress is the medium through which this can be done. THE syndicate of eastern capitalists seeking control of the Nova Scotia coal mines are having a rather troublesome time in carrying out their plan. They got a bill favorable to the scheme through the Nova Secotia legislature, but this did not quiet the opposition, which has sent a protest to the governor general of Canada and threatens that if this is not sufficient the matter will be laid before the imperial government. Thus a purely business matter, which promised to be very much to the advan- tage of Nova Scotia, hus been made the basis of a vigorous political contest that may call for the interposition of the British government. Those who oppose confirming the lease do so on both practical and patriotic grounds, and it will not be surprising if they succeed in their purpose of preventing the Nova Scotia coal interests from passing into the hands of American capitalists. It is an enterprise with great possibilities for those engaged in it it they cap carry it through and the next congress puts coal on the free list, as it probably will, Tk shooting of John W. famous San Mackay, the ancisco millionaive, by a man who wore the snow of life's winter upon his head and had evidently joined the army of cranks, is another illustra- tion of the dangersjwhich attend the pos- sessors of great wealth. The wound re- ceived by Mr. Mackay was not a serious one, while the man who inflicted it was, | at last accounts, dying from the effects | of a bullet from the same pistol which he ineffect med at the bonanza min- ing king. e is no escape from the dangers which beset such capitalists as Mackay. He may at any timo fall by the hand of some fellow who has been maddened by his own ill-fortune. Misery loves company and is alwi king it. There are fow people who would not rather bp rich than poor, but the poor man has at least fewer personal dangers to encouster than the man of wealth. If this philosophy were more generally adopted thére would be less discontent in the world than there i today. poor A GERMAN inweanter is said to have found a process for the automatic and smokeless consumption,of coal, of which great things ave expected. There have been a large number of processes in- vented and patented.inall countries dur- ing the last thirty or forty years with this end in view, but they have not been The method of the latest invention is said to be quite new and is believed to be the best because it com- bines all the advantages of the otl 3 It consumes about 90 per cent of the colorific power of coal, or about 25 per cent more than any other apparatus and considerably diminishes the radiant heat. The method is only applicable at present to steam boilers and to the weld- ing, melting and burning processes in all industries, but it will be adapted to locomotives and to the heating of build- ings. It will be widely welcomed if it accomplishes what is promised. successful. A VERY objectionable feature of the Hawaiian annexation treaty is the pro- vision for paying the deposed queen $20,000 a year during her lifetime and of giving the young princess who would have succeeded her a lump sum of $150,- 000. Tt is perhaps only just that if the islands ave annexed the queen and princess should receive some pesuniary consideration, but it would be a strange thing for the American people to put deposed monarch on their pension list | and no such arrangement ought to be seriously thought of. If the islands be- comeours let the ex-queen be given a reasonable sum, while as to the princess, if she is entitled to anything theamount | should not be more than one-fifth of what | the treaty provides for. Doubtless the liberal sums proposed to be given were designed to silence the native opposition, but we must consider what is just to the American people in the matte IT WILL doubtless be found that the brains and good judgment of the majority of railway employes will oppose any organized effort to take advantage of the World's fair traffic as a means of | ining the concessions which th de- sire, no matter how just their demands | may be. They nced and must always | have the sympathy of the general pub- lic, and the pu“lic does not wish to exposed to dangers and del account of railroad strikes during the xposition. On the other hand, any railroad company that seeks to take ad- vantage of its employes this year will lose public confidenee and support. Let us have peace on thg. riilvoads for the next six months at least. be on Buat it Dida't; Dg It Fremont Wail. If the logislature had :met, abolished the railroad commission #nd adjourned all their sins of omission would: have been condoned by a grateful people. e Hillsiders in the Ditoh, obe-Démiserat, Several very able ¢dbinef seekers have fallen outside the breastworks, but they | may have a chance to crawl inside yet, as | Hill's friends throw out dark hints that some of the nominees will be beaten in the senate ut Rules the World. Philadelphia P ess, Patriotism is often regarded as having no commereial value in peace, but the anxiety %o have the flag of the New York and Paris changed shown by shrewd business men is at once proof of thelr interest in a ‘bit of bunting” and of their belief that hosts of | Americans will be glad to.pay for the privi lege of crossing the ocean under the Amer- fcan flag. 1t1s only B sentiment, but the world 1 ruled by sentiment and nowhere wmore than in what are known as the practi- | cal affairs of life. | letter from Jefferson Davis to the pope The sultan of Jahore has $10,000,000 in jowels. “Tho sultan is to attond the World's nlr, and if he bo as wise as he is woealthy he will leavo his shiners at home. The structural ments, carsings, simile’ of the England, 8 represer mansion. have | toChicago. Mrs. Sarah Fulgread of Mason City, Neb., writes have In my shilling issued by the ¢ during the reign of Ge March 1 would willingly loan it to the World's fair. The winning exhibitors at the World's fair will ench receive a bronze medal and a hand- some diploma, setting forth the specific pur or which the medal was awarded. ons will be made, it is expected, for 75,000 medals and diplomas, The women of Mississippi have put the men of the state to shame in 4 manner to merit the praise of the whole country. They went to work on a World's fair exhibit when the men professed poverty and have already de arrangements for a good displa; ary Hurt of the department o lture has received a_ lettor from man in Idaho who wishes to exhibit twenty to fifty Angora goats. Arrangements will be made to give space to this rare exhibit The goats were brought from India and Asia Minor. he program of the World's fa of representative women is n compi one. The congress will open May close May The principal themes will be | education, art and literature, phi lanthrophy form, veligion, civil law Miss [da Hewitt of Cairo, W. Va., be the ouly female locomotive engine the world, has been engaged by the women commissioners of the World's fair to run the first train over the grounds on the opening day of-the exhibition and will leave for Chi- cago about a week before the day appointed the opening. The Patterson and Newark mills of oy will make a splendia_silk exhibit orld’s fair, The sitk in all its stag anufacture will be displayed, together with the silk worms and cocoons from which the silken threads will be spun and passed through various manipulations until they appear in the finished silk texture ready for the market. The Columb failure, Congre tion managers of equipments, orna- | , for the fac | brated Hatfleld house, | ive old-time ba ial | 1 shipped from New York n souvenir coin has proved a s made a gift to the exposi- 000,000 worth of the and the man expected to sell u for $1 a piece, realizing £,000,000. In- d of that only £27,000 worth have been sold up to date, and over #4,000,000 worth of the pretty pieces are left in kegs in the safety vaults. i rtment_of State at Washington tor General Davis that it has | dispateh from the American lega- t Madrid that definite arrangements have been made for the n and mission of the manuscripts and other s venirs which the duke of Berwick and the | sonsented to loan for exhibition at the exposition | publishers of the leading iing newspapers of Ch artangements today to print their papers on the fair grounds during the exposition. The | five big morning dailies will cach send one of | their pages to Machinery hall, and these | with three pages of official announe s and programs of the day, will constitute the | paper. [t will be run off on presses furnished | as exhibits by leading manufacturers of presses. The Bureau of rang to apy Symphony or ductor, two pt morning go made Music has concluded ar- ments with the following organizations ar during the Exposition: w York chestra, Walter Damrosch, con- bucerts during the month of May. Sousa's Militer band during the months of May and June. ncinnati Mili- t band, conductor, Michael Brand, dur the entire period of the Exposition. Chie Military band, conductor, Adolph Liesegang, during the entire period of the Exposition. The display in the woman's building is to cover culinary science in all its features. n, the director, is recognized one of the best authorities in her lin Act- ing under the authority of the New York woman's board, which makes the exhibit, son has established her ofic ra’s headqus s, ork. I°rom this ofice she has invited man- ufacturers to co-operate with the board by rontributions of inventions, labor-saving appuratus, household utensils an1 supplies A monument of coal 50 feet high, 10 feet square at the base and 4 feet square at the | top, and of unique construction, is to be ex- hibited at the Chicago fair by a leading co: It will be con- teen feet long, and g Pieces of coal will be selected that will show, whe i sition, all the inecting minerals are found in the mining of c Some parts | of the coal will be left in the rough state and | others will be highly polished. ~One single piece of coal already prepared weighs almost two tons The present indicationn are that the in- ternational naval rendez and review at Hampton roads v York harbor next spring will far exceed the first antic pations and will exceed anything of the kind held in any waters, not excepting the great naval review at the time of the queen's jubilee. From the reports received thus far it would scem that the Krench ficet will be the largest of any of the foreign representa- tions. Among the vessels mentioned as haviug been selected the Admiral Bau- d Brennus, Devastation. Formidable, Hoche, Murceau, Neptune, Lalande and Tage. Oune of the most valuable donations to the | World's fair by Pope Leo XTI will be the | »graphical maps of America as | authorities at the t of | One of these maps, the possession of the ntury, contains the hne of division between Spanish and Portuguese territory, and is signed by Alexander VI. | Other donations of the pope include a fa simile of the lester written by Columbus aining a description of the new world. al other documents concerning the f Columbus and the establishment of nches of the church of Rome L also be loaned by the pope. K bt b | red Columbus’ discovery. which has been in vatican for overa ¢ CONFEDERACY. HanrtiNatoy, Neb., Feb. 21.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: In an article in an issue of the Liberty, published some weeks since, a atement is made, in effoct, that Pope Pius IX. recognized the southern confederac; The article contains a purported copy of nd a pretended r called to this thereto. My attention rticle by a friend. As I had | formed a mental resolution to keep out of controversies it at first that there was no reason for my giving personal notice to this affair. But when misstatements are | copied 1 arently, believed I feel that some one owes a duty in this regard to th reading public. tter of Mr. Davis is substantially cor The pretended lotter of the pope is incorrect in this, to wit: The letter written by the pope was in_the Latin tongue, and dhe copy appearing in the Liberty is throughout a loose, ungrammatical, inac- curate translation. Here is a sample WHAT THE POPE WROTE “May it please God at the sume time to make the other people of America and their rulers, reflecting how terrible is civil war, and what calamities it engenders, listen to the inspivation of a calmer spirit, and adopt resolutely the counsels of peac AS IT AP ARED IN “LIBERTY." “Would to God that the other mhabitants | of thoso regions [the northern people] and their ruler: iously reflecting upon the | fearful nature of internecine warfare, might ina dispassionate .mood, hearken to and adopt the counsels of pea | The cts about the matter are | these: From the time of Pepin, in | the year 755, to July, 1870, with twe rt interruptions, the pope was a al prince, exercising governmental | jurisdiction over the territory known as the papal states. Before the reformation he ex- | ercised a kind of spiritual fatherhood over the civilized world. He was universal arbi tratc in _controver between Christian princ he recognition of his prerogative in this regard has saved much bloodshe 1 Stuce the overthrow of the temporal power by Garibaldi and Victor Emauuel, this an cient privilege of the pope has been once recognized by a Protestant power, » Bismarck's chosen referc any and Spain in the affair of the C: islands. After the outbreak civil war in America, the of the lare i | stated in Liberty | that Bishop Lynch of Charieston, 8. C., visited Pope Plus at Rome, and sought to Induce him, in his capacity of & temporal prince, to recognize the southern confederacy. This Pope Plus IX rofused to do. In_doing this he expressly said: “We are influenced by no political reasons.™ Tho pope did_not communicate directly with Abraham Lin coln or Jefferson Davls, but wrote two lot ters of likoe purport, adidressed to the arch bishops of New York and New Orleans, re spectively. Now, the then archbishop of New York was the famous Rt. Rov, John Hughes, a loval supporter of the war for the union. Without the moral support of Arch. bishop Hughes and Bishop Rosecrans of the Catholic church, Bishop Simpson of the Methodist church, and ~ Henry Ward Beecher, the war would have bien what Chicago platform pronounced it — a lure. Archbishop Hughes being an in- tense partisan of President Lincoln, and, possibly, believing he understood the situ ation better than the pope did—thinkin doubtless, that the south was the aggresse and ought to bo coerced, probably never transmitted his letter to the presidont, but John, archbishop of New Orleans, sent his letter to Jefferson Davis, The confede chieftain, seeking every possible recognit by a forcign power, wrote the pove a lotte in the tone of injured innocence, so peculiar to himself and sent it by a speeial messen ger, who ran the blockade to reach Rome The pope replied. He did n s Mr Davisas: Prosident of the Con ate States of America,” as the article in Liberty states He did ot describe the bearer of the mes sage from Mr. Davis as “the envoy The pope’s communica not signed Cardinal Deacon An his secretary of foroign affairs, as a state document would have boen, He did use the expression, “illustrious and honorable president.” This was no more than a common courte When in-chief of the structed by cor cations not Lord How G o W ton refused returned add as tion to Mr. Davis w melli he was in- no communi by his title. wldressed to his Washing o recciy lotter was sed to “George Washington, Ete, Ite.” This he likewise would not re ceive. The letter was returned a nd time with an apology and a disavowal of any intention to offend,” addre to “George Washington, Major General Will any one claim that by thatact Lord Howe recognized the independence of the colonies! All protes tant princes speak of the pope as “His Holi- and address him by that title. But de not thereby subscribe to the Catho lic faith. Ths ter is a Catholic who be- lieves in the divine institution of the order of priesthood, and t non-Catholic minis- ters, (with some exceptions), are simply lay - men, but, if [ were addressing a letter Baptist or Congregational clergy ma I should not be such a boor as to “Rev.” before his name. Would 1 renounce my faith? Lquote from the article in Liberty confederacy was certainly 1 by the and his followers, and it is equally cortain that they planned rried into effect the assination of President Lincoln, for there were zone but the subjects of the pope con nected with that awful crime,” This is but tl mof thestale false hood of the defrocked Catholic priest Chini que. It par with the imaginary ish plot of Titus Oates. [t is an open secre the papal prime minister, Antonelli, sympat with our government in tho lite war, ither John Wilkes Booth, David Harrold or Atzerodt were Catholics, and rayne Powell was the son of Dtist preacher and a memver of that wnion. Mary E. Surratt was a Catho- d her execution was the foulest judi- that ever di since the burning of Joan of A addeus Stevens describea it as “a cruel and unnecessary murder.” Her son, John H. rratt, fled to Rome, and enlisted in the zuaves, Upon his discovery the pope same Pius IX.) surrendered him, though we had no extradition treaty with the papal AL The writer in Liberty signs himself “Protestant.” He should have signed himself *‘Anan In conclusion, 1 will defy any man, woman or child to point toa single instance, in the hist of the world, where the Catholic chu ever arrayed herself against liberty. WiLsrk . BRyax Goddess in Dang hicago News Record, An amusing gentleman from must have got into congress on tension of the Nebraska-Kans wave. proposes to make a ballet g goddess of libérty, Congressman Butler's bill, however, will never pass. The goddess will remain draped in her simple y t table cloth. She has been a steady-going person time out of mind; but who can tell what will follow if ever she gets into her head the idea of changing her dress? Shall Uncle Sam in his ripening years know Worth and fashion plates und milliners’ bills? Never! Let the 2 one robe and her esteemed to him te him a letter hington, I 1 hope it the thereby Towa, who 4 spent ex- s populist 1 of the Mr. Butler's bill provides that r **hose reaching to the thigh and short skirts reaching downward to a point just above the knee”—but he does not say how this remarkable feat in' pictorial and plastic art is vo be accomplished. Is the hose to be painted first and the skirt painted over it? — e Just a Littie Too Previous, Ozford Standard, Hardly had Colonels Hitchcock and Cal- houn finished reading J. Sterling Morton out of the democratic camp before the wires flashed the intellizence from Washington a ge of Arbor Lodge was to grace lent Cleveland's cabinet. As some one smarked, there is nothing to the makeup of a real party organ as talent for waiting to see whether the cat is going to jump before jumping yourself. department. department. Store open every eveninz till 633 Saturday sili10 n | ed a civilized | BROWNING, K| & co. Largest Manutacturers an1 Retallors of Clozhing lu thy World, style kid—Star waists, we're talk- ing about. such a beautiful assortment. Novelties in eaps and hats for boys are our latest produc- tion—novelties. what that means when we say it. i that our children's depart- ment covers as much floor space as does the men's Doesn’t it seem reasonable to suppose that we offer a larger variety than anybody else who devote one or two counters to the boys. Every- thing that is rich and tasty is brought to us; that's why you see some styles somewhere, and others styles otherwhere and every style in our children’s SONDAY CHAPP. Thero 1s more than on Hawalinn troaty Speoeckled ¢ of profound thought and ¢ Claus In the with the swoat The 400 in Nonh were cut thy anclont marin swim ot of the elect d rematned The in the Philadelph touch and go,” as the ma borrowed #5000 “for one forthwith for Europe Record: “That was a case of sald whoso friend duy™ and sailed Washington Star: Pugllism as at prosent conductsd must impose a good deal of oxtrs work on the dividend departments of the tele: graph and tolephone systews, Troy Press: 1t 1 a good thing for the rest of us that clvil engineers can't be monarchs of all they survey Chie Why 20 Nows you First Hotel Chambermatd—~ orry because the young man in N¢ Wy’ Aln'tamash, s (t? Second Ditto- Not much. But it wus him as uses such delicious tooth powder. T Anon* vl New Orleans Pl stans himselt spondent to be d bad writer who is the corre- Record: Oddly enough, it 1s rsation with no point to it that bores the quickest 1veston Nows niry Thor Just as will be race troubles Long as man bots on Ipt: When o excliimed Well, 1 can't llowl 1 wasawtully infat self once. an elope ith 10 i, i d with e THE GREATEST MOONLIGHTER to Mail Safd the peeler to Pat “There's ten pounds at s blow It youw'll tell me the greatést moonlightor you know." SFaiih, ser As he'smoth “That s And he “Now, ser red o an 1 do, ok up the tin nt don't consider you're vs Pat, rin, i tmoonlighter T know Is the sun.” -~ CLEAR THE WAY, Cinetnnatt Commercial, There's a change about to come. Cloar the wi In the world of fashion-dom, 80 they siy Skirts hivve boen worn But we'll have no more ¢ Oh, its erinoline Clearthe way! Bulld the street Cloar tho we Even then the'n Have to stiy And they'lminke a dreadful fuss, t because within a, bus re s only room for us Clear the way! cars good and wide, ' outside Married men with wives to dress (Bills to puy Are the pictires of distress— For they sny That it certainly will take Just wieh again to make Dresses of the proper shape Cloar the way! Rufles go from hem to walst. Clear the way! Just 4o suit this wearer's tasto For display. hants wear a fiendish grin 1stom they will win noline cones in r the wiy! BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORY, Bees in the bonnet neser make honoy, Peace dies the moment envy shows its head It is never hard to find peopie who want to y first fiddle, e religion that is used for 1o warmthi in it v time a stingy man looks at a dollar it shrinks his heart A lie is always an enemy, no well meaning it may look. The man who rides a hobby alw the whole rode for himself. It never hurts the cause of the devil for a stingy man to talk in chureh No man can name his children withous telling the world something about himself. Only Camp Followers, Schuyler Quill (Ind.). P When the Herald man gots knocked out on all sides and corners he then says that the Quill belongs toa party which has ns_lead- ers such men as Vondervoort and Elder. he Herald man shoukd know that they are not leaders in any sense of the word and wain public notoriety by their large amount of gall, which they use on all occas party 'is clearof such trash and is ot to blame for their shortcomings as long as they are relegated to the rcar. Becauso Boss Tweed or Jeff Davis or J. Wilkes Booth were democrats does not make a democratic prine ciple any better or worse. The Herald man should use something better thana school boy argument. i i oY Early Tralning Sto Him In Hand, Chicago Dispatch. MeLeod, the Reading railroad magnat was once & Duluth pop maker. Perhaps i was in the manufacture of this damp and in- flating commodity that he learned those leg- sons of immense profits attaching to *‘wind" and “water” judiciously combined which subsequently stood him in such good stead 1 his manipulation of the Reading stocks. e More Than Carried Out Her Wishes. York Demoorat Some time ago the republican papers were ringing the chinges on o statement clajmed to have been mado by Mrs. Lease, advisin the farmers of Kansas to raise loss corn an more h—. If the lady ever made the state- ment her advice is being followed to the lotter. a cloak has matter how s wants a bit Every Boy’s Delight It's the same old kind, but gotten up in new —styles that suit the We never had You know And do you realize BROWNING, KING & CO., §. W. Cor. 16th and Douglas St