Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1894, Page 12

2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. | 15, ROSEWATER, pas PURLISHED EVERY MORNING | - P ————— SUDSCRIPTION One Year DPrily Tee Weekly Tice, One nty-fourtn streets. f Commeree. ork. roomm 13, 1 Tribune building Washingion, 518 Fourt 1. Al 1 maiter lionld be tances should be A1l buiaiie ahi. addrensed to The Tee Pt Drafta, ¢ A ayable o the order of the company 4 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. T OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraskn, | County of Dowglas, { Tasehuek, secretary of Titk BEE P npany, ¢ 144, 1804, wa Groryge | Ml o Akl ol renlntio ending Januar Sundiy, January Mondiy, January 5 A Januars 0 January 10 hursday. Januaey 11 Friday, January 12 Saturday, January 15 DAILY BER for (] 1 followh Sworn to bo My presence < Vikoe JERRY SIMPSON cinims 10 people’s party standing on a platform pledged to the principle of free trad Jorry ought to read the platfrom. ANY logitimate business enterprise which will work for the unem- ployed mechanies and laborers of this approbation. 1sure city will meot publ THE d destitution existing throughout the country do not seem to have interfered perceptibly with the round of social gayetics participated in by official circles in Washing tross and Two RECENT ecases of diphtheria arve directly ti ant pond on west Do t, dairyman breaks tho ice An inspection by a health officer is in order. ceal where a to water his cows. Tr 18 said that some of the city offi claim title to office for two years to come because the mayor failed to name their at the council meeting last These misguided offici suceessors Tucsday. sorely in need of sound ials ¢ legal advice. A CHICAGO packing house is furnish- ing free meat for soup for the unem- ployed and destitute of that city. The generous donation is made through the public relicf committec This is prac- tical charity with the genuine ring. THe committee on ways and means has decided to raise the internal reve- nue tax on whisky to 81 per gallon. The price of whisky by the glass, however, will remain unaltered so long as water is to be had at the present cheap rates. THAT Hawaiian matter must be a weighty purden on Presigent Cleveland's mind; otherwise he might have been ex- peeted to withhold his latest message until it could be communicated at the same time to both house and senate on Monday. IN ACCEPTING bids county commissioner ence to Nebraska dealers and manufac- turers. In this way the woney of the taxpayers gots right back into local trade channels, working a twofold bene- fiv to merchants and manufacturers. It always pays to patronize home industrics and institutions, POSTMASTER HESING of Chicago threatens to move out of his quarters anless the department takes immediate steps to place them in a safe condition. This must not be taken to mean that he intendu to give up his position as post- master on that account. Nothing but death or removal can force a democrat out before his term expires. for supplics the have given prefer- THE export meat trade of the South Omaha pucking houses is assuming mammoth proportions. Thus are Omaha institutions being advertised all over Europe. We ave rapidly acquiring a world-wide reputation as a great com- mercial center. This city is being lifted up in the financial world to the eminence enjoycd by the leading citieos of Amorica, SO0 LONG as the tribes inhabiting In- dian Torritory do not take kindly to the plan of incorporating them into Okla- homa and admitting the latter into the union, congress will do well not to force statehood upon them. This is tho Dbest ovidenco that could be adduced that the territory is not yet ready for | statohood. Lot it remain on probution & while longe JERRY SIMPSON'S spectactular display of a tattered ovorcoat on the floor of the house was no doubt inspired by the episodo during the Mills bill discussion, when ssman McKiuloy flaunted in the face of his. democratic opponents an all wool suit of cluthes which he had bought for 10 in Congressman Morse store at Boston, Simpson is merely 1 ing to turn McKinley's idea against the McKintoy bill. Congry TuE BEE is in receipt of a number of letters from merchants in country towns complaining thut the coal oil jobbers in Omaha are shipping them inforior olls and will not listen to their protests, ‘Wo advise all such dealers thronghout the state to have a compotent chemist inspect the oil and make the result of such inspection public. The law im- poses a penalty for the sale of inforior or dangerous kerosene. FREE silver vengeance aguinst Di- rector of the Mint Preston fuiled to ma- terialize when that ofticial’s name came up before the senate for confirmation. The old ery that he is partand parcel with the Wall siweet conspiracy * to down the white metal could not avail against an officer who had been attend- ing strictly to bis own business since he was installed In control of the mint, The free sil eohorts will save their strength to fight It out om some other line. | unemployed pre | than A2 A LESSON 1IN CHARITY No eity in the country found itself so helpless to eope with the problem of the ipitated by the recent dopression of trade as Chicago, and no city in the country, if roports are to be believed, hasso promptly shouldered tho | task thrust upon it and with sneh good results. The stories of heartrending destitution which emanated that source only a fow wegks ago depicted o from condition of affairs that was certainly o | disgrace to any American The number of the unemployed was variously estimated to be over 150,- 000, Thousands w begging from house to house and repairing to the city hall and police stations for lodgings, where they were accommodated with w few square feet of the stone floors cov- cred with a reeking of helpless humanity. The free soup houses, opened on the impulse of the moment, were thronged with a hungry horde. Churches were opened to afford shelter to the homeless, who threatemed to ov tax the available of charity. Editor Stead attended public mee%ings and heaped vile epithets upon the peo- ple of Chicago for » permitting such an exhibition of poverty in their midst reproaches no doubt in many instances well deserved. The first step required in grappling with any emergency of this kind ganization, and organization has proved to be the key in this particular case. The previously existing charitable so- cietios were all utilized in their own fields, but were first co-ordinated into a harmoniously acting sot of bodies. The newly-formed Central Relief assoc ion took charge of the outdoor work with the congested population of the city hall and police staticn Noors, together with a eity, masy resources | general supervision over the other organ- izations. With the abolition of the free soup houses and the enforcement of the work test the number of applicants for velief quickly melted away by at least a half, The system employed is to give meal and loc s for labor in cleaning the streets for a preseribed number of hours and to supply necessary articles of clothing in return for extra hours of labor. Under these regulations 000 were at first furnished with work that is of considerable value to the city and that at th time avoids competition with other honest laborers. Many ©f the men have been able cither to return to theiv homes or to seeure more remunerative employment, until at present less than 1,500 able-bodied men are dependent upon the Cenival Relief association for support. At the same time the work of assisting the unemployed women, the sick and those able only to carn inddequate wi assiduously pursued by the different so- cieties which ave devoted to these pur- poses and which have had the different fields marked off to them. The lesson of Chicage with poor relief is the lesson of all such periments, Systematic and organized charitics must take the place of sporadic and isolated movements. It is abso- lutely necessary that each charitable society know what the other is doing if a waste of energy is to be avoided. o outdoor relief of able-bodied men, particularly of those who ave strangers in the community, some kind of a work test is required to prevent the encouragement of voluntary idleness, and this work must be applied where it will not drag down other laborers who are stiil employed. And finally it teacbes that obtrusive poverty is not the only poverty. Hidden poverty is often the more in need of assistance. The unemployed who have homes in the community have greater claims than tho passing stranger and are too often reluctant to ask for help. This most worthy class of the destitute should not be overlooked. men same gos is experienco A PLEA FOR F EE ART. The National Free Art league, whose membership embraces cleven hundred artists of America, besides hundreds of persons interested in art, has made an appeal to the press of the country to support the free art clause of the new tariff bill. The circular of the league says that American artists think it of importance to the nation that, as in other civilized countries, works of art should be invited to, and not repelled from, our shores, on account of their educational value for our people in gen- cral and especially for our artists and artisans. It is argued that, as our artists desive no- protection, the only excuse for so unusual a tax as that on works of art lies in their designation as luxuries, but as paintings and sculp- tures ave not subject to the merely po sonal use and private consumption of their owners, as they furnish sxample, instruction and inspiration to others their owners, v taxation as luxuries would be a singular ervor. The league offers six reasons for the abolition of the .duty on works of art. It is not in the nature of a protective tax, because it has no beneficial effect upon domestic production, nor does 1t stimulate the sale of domestic works of art As a revenue tax it is of no con- soquence and the small amount derived from it could be spared without injury to the government. It is not a tax upon luxury, but a tax upon edu- cation. Works of art are not consumed by the vich, They remain as part of the pormanent wealth of the country, the bhost of them becoming in the end the property of public institutions, in this way contributing to the promotian of general avtistic culturo and develop- ment. No other country of equal rank with the United States in eivilization lovies such & tax upon works of art, such countries, on the contrary, recog- nizing artas a factor in public educa- tion. Finally, it is resented by the s of other nountries and piaces our own artists who are studying avroad in a difficult and ungracious position, sinco they enjoy equal privileges with foreign artists in the schools of art and the museums of Kurope. These ave cogent reasons which should be conclusive with intelligent and unprejudiced people. This paper has always advocated the abolition of the duty on art. It has con- tended that the maintenance of this tax is & repreach to the country. However defensible it may have been during the war and for a few years after, when the goverunment was compelled to get reve- from « bean nue has y possible-source, there the last twenty years, at oxcuso for retaining ity and the fact that it has been retained is due to the obstinacy of the senate. The tarif on works of art was abolished in the original drafts of both the Mills and the MeKinley bills and in both sases the senate was responsible for maintaining a duty on art, though it was reduced by the present tariff law to 15 per cont, half the former duty. As alreudy observed, the revenue from this source is inconsiderable, it affords no protection to American artists, who are practically unanimous in asking that it be abolished, and, in short, there is not a single useful purpose served by it, while as American artists themselves point out it places such of them us are studying abrond in the unpleasaut posi- tion of accepting benefits from foreign artists against whom this government constantly discriminates, There can be 10 question that the enlightened senti- ment of the country is in favor of abolishing the duty on art. for least, no RUSSIAN THISTLE IN NEBRASKA According to a bulletin of the agri- cultural experiment station, prepared by Prof. Bessey of the University of Nebraska, the Russian thistle, which is attracting considerable attention from tho authorities at Washington, both in con and out, has already made noteworthy inroads into this state Originating somewhere in castern Iu- rope or western Asia, it has been known and dreaded for many years in various parts of Russin Its introduction into the United States dates at least filteen years back, when it was discovered to be growing in South Dakota, having been brought there, it is supposed, in flax- seed that had been imported from Eu- rope. The Russian thistle that has made its appearance in Nebraska must have come by way of South Dakota. Of the twenty-four counties from which in- formation of its has been secured, the greater partof them strotch along the northern boundary of the state, although scattered traces of the weed are to be found as far south as the Kansas line, and it has very probably reached other counties from which no returns have been made. The natural mode of propagation of the Russian thistle is by the winds roll- ing it along with its innumerable seeds in all directions. The mature plant is described as more or less spherical in shape and consisting of many elongated branching twigs, which grow outward and upward from the root. At first reddish, it bleaches out as the seed ripens, and finally becomes almost white. he larger specimens ave from two to three feet in diameter. Fach twig and branch is covered on all sides by hard, stout prickles, sharp and irritating to the touch, the prickles being in threes. The seed rests upon the upper side of the base of each three prickles. about ten in number to the inch, and reaching into the thousands on every well grown plant. The root breaks off in the early part of the inter and leaves the branclies free to roll away, seattering the seeds promisenously on its path. Tt seems to have been aided in its spread by securing a footing in stock cavs, for it is upon this theory that its presence in South Omaha and more southern points upon various railway lines is ex- plained. Of eourse this weed, like other similar weeds, can bo exterminated by destroy- ing the plant before the seed has rip- ened. Farmers will only be consulting their own interests in keeping it off of their fields, but it must also be destroyed where it appears along the highways or uncultivated lands. The Nebraska statutes as they now stand enjoin it upon the land owner to mow down the Canadian thistle growing upon his premises and adjoining highways, and impose penalties upon those who know- ingly suffer it to spread unhindered. The Russian thistle demands at least the same heroic treatment. A general onslaught cannot fail to check the troublesome pest. existenc THE LAW REGARDING BONDS, It is the opinion of tho chairman of the house judiclary committee, con- curred in, it appears, by leading lawye on the democratic side, that the scera- tary of the treasury can issue under the act of 1875 only for the pu s of redeeming outstanding treasury notes. That is to say, he could not law- fally use any part of the proceeds from the'salo of such bonds for meoting the curvent expenses of the government. POS This is a view of the question which it | would seem had not oecurred to & tary Carlisle, or one which he does not accept, but if it is entertained to the ox- tent indicated by democratic mem- bers of congress eit is likely to be fatal to his proposal for an issue of bonds under an amendment to oxisting law. It is evident from the report of the secretary of the treasury that he did not see any legal dificulty in the way of an issue of bonds, as authorized by the re- sumption act, for the purpose of supply- ing deficiencies in the revenues and pro- viding for the obligations of the govern- ment. Ho quoted this section of the act of 1875: “To enable tho secretary of the treasury to prepare and provide for tho redemption in this act authorized or vequired, he is authorized to use any surplus revenues from time to time in the treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, and to issue, sel! and dispose of, at not loss than par in coin, either of the descriptions of bonds of the United States decribed in the act of con- gress approved July L4, 1870, ontitled *An Act to Authorize the Refunding of the National Debt.’" The bonds de- seribed in the latter act would carry higher rates of interest—the least rate being 4 per cent—and run for longer periods than Secretary Carlisle believed necessary at the present timo in order to sell bonds, and he recommended an amendment to the law authorizing him to issue and sell, at not less than par in coin, bonds to an amount not exceeding §: 000,000, bearing & lower rate of intorest and having s shocter time to run than those now provided for, ‘“and that he be permitted to use, from time to time, such part of the proceeds a8 may bo necessary to supply any defi- oleneios in the public revenues that may occur during the fiscal years 1894 and o bonds | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE [ 18¢ 1t is thus #hvious that the secre- tary of the treadifiy—and presumably, also, the prosidemé and other members of the administraiion—vregarded exist- inglaw as giving Ample authority for using the from their sale for other purpose that of redeeming outstanding treasury notes, If the viaw of the chairman of the house judiciavy committee and most of his colleagues® is correct the ommendation 0F Secretary Carlisle in the matter “may be dismissed as valucless Hnd in order to provide for an issue of bonds new legis- lation will be necossary. At any rate, to avoid controversy, this would seem to be the wiser conrse A bill intrcduced by Reprosentative Harter of Ohio, and referred to the com- mittee on ways and means, appears to fully answer the requirements of the situntion. This gives the secretary of the treasury full power to issue and sell, in such amouats and in such manner as he deems wise, and at such prices as he sees fit, but not bolow par, whenever he considers it ne in order to main- tain a proper re or to provide funds for the payment of any debt due or about to become due and pay- able by the United States, bonds bear- ing interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and which shall run for the period of thirty years, but each bond shall contain a provision by which it may become due and payable earlicr and at any time the United shall fix after said bond has run for the period of twelve months or more. Such a bond would undoubt- edly be readily taken by our own people to the extent of 200,000,000, the amount which the sccretavy of the treasury suggested he be allowed to issue. issuing bonds and procends than sy tates L IN THE 1ANDS OF CONGRESS. With only a fow lines of explanation and without a word of comment Presi- dent Cleveland yesterday transmitted to congress all the correspondence relating to the Hawaiian dispateh. In this the assurance given to congress in the special lating to this subject, that it would be given all the information received by the executive department of the govern- ment as soon as possible, has been ful- filled and the president has manifested his entire willingness to iet the country know all that has taken placo in connection with this troublesome and unfortunate issue. It is obviously the desire of President Cleveland to drop the matter as far as it is practicable for him to do so, and it will be well and satisfactory to the' country if congress shall conclude to at once terminate the controvers ‘ The most interesting part of this in- formation is the veply of the provisional government to the request of the Amer- ican minister that it surrender the offices and permit the restoration of the monavchy. It is a courtcous and well-written document, in which the provisional . government declines to recognize the right of the president of the; [United States to interfere in the domestic affairs of Hawaii and ‘declare their purposo to maintain their position from a *sense of duty and loyalty to the brave men whose commissions we hold, who have faithfully stood by us in the hour of trial, and whose will is the only earthly authority we recognize.” They do not abandon the idea of annexation, but propose to wait patiently for a political change in this country, which they hope will be more favorable to their plans. So far as our diplomatic rela- tions with Hawaii are concerned there is nothing more to be done with a view to affecting political affairs there. If the provisional govern- ment is able to maintain itself, as secms probable, it will be permitted to do so. What sort of exprossion may proceed from congress 1t is impossible to say, but i should do no more than warn for- eign governments against any inter- ference, and indeed this is all it can do with any effect. Born the great mercantile agencies agree that business everywheve through- out the country shows an encouraging gain. The improvement, it is true, is tardy and slow in coming, but it is of a kind upon which hopes of continuous progress may be based. Itis thought that the lowest ebb of depression has been left well behind and t the move- ment is one of steady advance. Experts venture to say that if nothing happens to seriously interfere the industry of the country will have returned to a normal condition when spring sets in. All this is certainly well caleulated to aispel any dismal forebodings which business men way have been harboring and to encourage an expansion of trade as soon as civcumstances will warrant. Americans never stay in the dumps longer than is absolutely necossar The weekly reports on the condition of business may be watched with reason- ablo expectation of further improve- ment. imbrogiio, except one message re- AN IMPRESSION has been created among working people that this city should build and ogn the union depot. This is impracticable. Article xii of the constitution of this state provides that *‘no city ov other subdivision of the state shall ever become the owner of stock or any portion interest in any railroad of private corporation or association.” TPhis provision could not be repealed or modified before the first of January, 1895, unless the legis- lature is called inspecial session to sub- mit the proposition at the next general election, and it caphat be repealed be- fore 1897 if the goyernor does not call a special session, There is no certainty, moreover, that such a proposition would roceive a majority of all th cast in the state, even if it was submitted. or votes CHANCELLOR VON CAPRIVI'S opinion that renewed attempts to secure an in- ternational agreement for the establish- ment of o bimetallle monetary system would for the be unsuccessful means that the German government is determined in its opposition to such a movement. It became clear that noth- ing could be accomplishea in this dir tion at the time of the Brussels confe ence, and notwithstanding the momen- tous changes since then there is no rea- son to believe that there have been auy present INDAY, JANUARY 14 conversions among the governmonts that participated in that conferenco President Cloveland’s récommendation that the roconvening of the conference be indefinitely postponed was evidently based on a knswledge of the European situation. THE long-drawn controversy between State Auditor Moore and World's Faiv Commissioner Garneau is no nearer sot- tlement than when hostilities first broke out. Their contention has ap- pealed to the supreme court for arbitra- tion. When the reached ft is hoped that the powers of the commis- sioner may be fully defined and that the auditor's course may be made plain to the end that the whole matter may bo soon adjusted and forgotten. There is little in Nebraska's pacticipation in the great oxposition which our people can congratulate themsolves upon, and the sooner the subject may be consigned to oblivion the better for all concerned been case s AN INDIANA clergyman has remitted $300 to the commissioner of pensions at Whashington as partial payment in re- funding u pension which he acknowl- edges to have been secured for injuries which he in fact never sustained. This suzgosts one way in which the treasury difficulty might be recouped. Should who have secured pensions to which they were not fully entitled or of which they are not in sat need become repentant and return the sums taken from the treasary the extent of the prospective deficit might bo materially lessened. any g 1E Board of I force, fucation has increased its secrotary’s thus increasing the salary list of his oftice, in ovder that the aceounts of the superintendent of buildings may bo properly kept. But it goeson paying the superintendent the old salary, although for less work than formerly demanded of him. This is cconomy with avengeance. The super- intondent of buildings bocame an pensive luxury long ago. A cheapor man can perform the duties now that they have been shorn of the arduous task of keeping ceounts straight. ox- Minneapolis Times, Just how far a manmay_be held to be his brother's'keeper it may” be difficult to de- termine—but there is no doubt that every man should be his brother's keeper to the extent of encouraging him to keep up his @od resolutions. ‘Thoughtlessness is re- spousible for o great deal of sin_and uffering and sorrow in this world. Bitter, indced, would be the reflection of a man if in after_years he should trace back to an idle joke on good resolutions tho moral and physical ruin of one whom he had called a friend. S e Britiah Bugihoo, Chicago Herald. When American _filbusterers want to get popular approval of an unconstututional act they invariably raise the bugaboo of the British flag. The jingo party threaten that if we do not_annex Hawaii England will. forget that a British admiral annexed nds on a well known occasion, and told by his government to drop them thwith. England has no more use than for volc lepers and: the most mixed ortment of humanity ever gathered in any part of the world. Tho Th Minneapolis Journal. The last of the Bell telephone patents ex- pires Jaunuary 80, but that is only the re ceiver patent; the transmitter patents can- not_be appropriated by anybody until the Berhner patent question has been decided, and there is no telling when that will be. Dr. Bell will remain master of the situatlon for some time longer, probably. The net income of the company’ in 1502 $3,411,- 674.75, and iv is estimated that 1503 will show a 9 percent increase. ‘There's money in the *phone—for the Bell company. Coal Resources of Wy Denver Republican. The aunual report of the Wyoming in- spector of conl mines shows that the coal output_of that alittle more than hatf of Colorado’soutput. The chief pro- ducer is the Union Pacific road. Wyoming is rich in coal and when it obtains bettey rail facilities for the shipment of the prod- uct of its mines to market, the output will be increased no doubt. In’ this connection it may besaid that Wyoming hasa great deal of iron_also, and "that the timo will come when the production of iron will be a great industry in that state. The abun- dance of coal will make it practicable to smelt the iron ore. Advice to Millionaires, renver Times The millionaive of today is tho most for- tunate mun on earth. There never has been a ume in the history of the country when a man with a million could siftso much sun- shine in the shadows here below. Thero never was a time when a million would go so far and create so much rapture, Try it. Tt 1s good to lay up treasures T the realms whore they w And to figuro on the fatur It is good to put your trust In Him who made the universe, It w not hurt, I know, sift a little sunshine In the snadows horo below. OMAHA'S PROSPECES FOR 1894, Extension public works. Improvements at stock yards. Building of a beot sugar factory. Erection of a public market house. Completion of work at Fort Crook. Construction of the Metropolitan Union depot. Work on the federal building to begin on large scale. ‘Perminal construction by Terminal company. TN POINIS ON PROGRESS, ning. 't rust, Interstate and The world’s sugar crop is 6,000,000 tons. At Montraal i telephone costs $40 a Awericans eat 15,000,000 bushels of ouions year. The United States today produces moro thun one-third of the world's supply of coal, iron ore, pig irou and stel The western hemisphere, having but 8 por cent of the popu ion of world, has .45 miles of railvoad, M pe ceut of the age of tha world is about to 1ssue postal cardsin the form of check books. with stubs. The sender can make wemoranda of their contents on the stub, which may be stamped ut the postofice, giving o verified record of the correspondence. Ouo art that seems to have greatly im- proved within the past twenty-five years 1s anuealing glass. T'ne lamp chimnoys of todny witaseand sudden chauges of tem- perature that would bave instautly shivered those of three docades ago The manufactured products of the south ast year amounted to 00,000,000, In yeats munufoctur tablishments in- creased from 4,000 L apital from £180,000,000 to $600,000,000. Last year 2,251 new estisblishments stavted ap. manufacturers, at a meet decided to close down Window lass ing 1 Pullman, of the Wilson bill, aud force a reduction of wages of from 50 to 80 per cent, to corre. spoud with the reduction in the tariff duty I'hio shoe-pegging machine was invented 1n 1855, By its aid it is estimated that the la bor of one b an turn out 00 pairs of shoes ay. One factory near Boston makes more shoes every year than the 000 shoemakers of Paris. lu 1850 8,100 shoe machines were at work, producing 150,000,000 pairs of shoes . PAGES ten all | factovies on May 10, in event of the passage | PEOPLE AND THINGS. Thosa Dole-ful sounds from Honolulu are not sweet music for the executive ear. An inventor has perfected & thermometor capable of registering 1102 below zero. The instrument will fill an aching void in £t Paul Fdward Atkinson opines that a man can live and wax fat on 81 o weok. Like a great many doctors, Mr. Atkinson does not take his own medicine The understanding and adjoining sections of General Russell A, Algor's porson are boing vigorously groomed for the sonatorial raco in Michigan ‘I'he common _saying tie" has had its wrenched Congressman nounced a Sypher a liar. Tho wife of the czar of Russia manipulates the keyboard of a typewriter and doos hor husband’s correspondenco. Hor highness appreciates domestic peace and labors for it vangelist Sam Small is wrestling with wickedness and o nowspaper in Oklahoma S ¢ as the combination is, it is sur- passod by his policy —pulverizing the rum power and spouting democracy. It s clearly ovident that Cleveland, in weighing tho Hawnilan 1ssues, overlooked the Amorican characteristio of clingiog to oMce. I'he president ought to know from personal experience the tenacity of that erip, Hon that *'figures won't popularity severely Commings pro- shed the in Kansas Washing- nxions to some far-off Tom Moonlight, who gonial vays of his personality some moons ago, 18 iluminating ton fu search of ' fods He is transfor his mellHw presence to isle. Why not try Hawani? The door smashing prelude to business, which echoed througheNebraska three years ago and in Kansas last yoar, broke out on the home stretch of th rsey capital o fow duys ago, Legislative jockey ing is an expanding nuisance. Galusha A. Grow is 69, but make-up sufticient vim and virility to the enactment of a law banishing the wood cut butchers who have made ‘*‘befor and after' woodevts do duty for his picture, Never was an ancient so shamefully abused Parties rise and fall, revolutions revolute and dynasties totter, but the Empire state capitol goes on drawing appropriations without hiteh or hindrance. Twenty mil- lions have been spent on the pile, but the end is not in sight. The pull promises to endure while taxation lasts, The Now York Herald asks: “Where is heaven?” Mr. Bennett's persistent abserce abroad doubtless accounts for fEnoranc the country’s geography. For all practi- cal needs, present and future, heaven is pivoted on the west bank_ of the Missouri river, on the castern edge of Douglas county, Nebraska. Th not_paved with itis true, our municipal father, aring to excite the cupidity of Chicago excluded that species of rocks; but that do2s notdiminish the celestial advantages of the site. Here the good are welcome, the sorrowing soothed, the wicked turned fr their ways, and the sordid purified. Furthe particutars may be had on personal appli tion. logislative thero is in his ur — SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT, Lewiston Jour A Brunswick clergy- man while in the midst of his sermon last Sunday dislocated his jaw, and an ama congregation tiptoed away' to their homes while a surgeon repaired damages, St. Paul Globe: A Chicago clorgyman advocates o churen in which Christian and Pagan, Jew ard Gentile may worship. Such a volyglot church would "certainly te a novelty, but how it could accomplish any good will not be apparent to the averago mortal. Cincinnati Commercial: Tt remains for Chicago to find a vanacea ‘for insomnia. A Chicago preacher the other day bput an auditor to sleep for sixty hours withan ordinary sermon. Young fathers with sleop- less infants ought to be quick to take ad- vantage of this information. San Prancisco Examiner: Under the sonorous ministration of a preacher at Evanscon, Iil., a voung man fell asleep and aid not awaken for sixty hours, This was sore rest than he veally needed, but the crmon was over, and he seemed to be soothed uvon being apprised of this, St. Paul Globe: The president of the Unt versity of Chicago, an orthodox Baptist, de- lures that there is ucither history no science in the Mosaic account of the ' crea- tion, This will be a terrivle shock to thou- sands of members of the evangelical enurches who believe in the divine inspi tion of every partof the scriptures, and y the de singularly accurato from a common sense standpoint Philadelphia Press: The Rev. orwe Glenn of Hughesville has earned the title of “Fighting Parson.” On Saturday night two young men, much the worse for tiquor, insulted the minster as he walked along the street. He gently chided them, when one seized a buggy whip and struck Mr. Glenn a blow, cutting a gash on his cheek. In an in- stant the minster coat was off, and in less than three minutes both young men were lying in the screet, having been, in a nse, put to’ sleep. They were thrashea unmercifully. The Rev. Mr, Glenn then repaired to the office of o magis- trate and swore out warrants for tieir ar- rest. A Record Breaker. Kansas City Star. The Brazilian revolution is in one respect without historical paraliel. Tt has been running now for six months, but it is o ques- vion whether there has been an average of a death a month us a result. B T The largo it mak Well! Well! at you when she wakes up. protect you, and we are giving 20 per cent off on them. Elegant suits that sold in December for gro are now being swept out at $8.50. You can't get a better suit than we you for $16.50. They are our regular $20 line. same proportionate cut maintains all over the store. Overcoats, underwear and the like are put down to such low prices that it is no trouble at all to sweep Store open till o'clock Saturday night. at gro. them out. BROWNING, Will pay tho exprese ** =ou send tho monoy for 20 Won, Juiore VI T 1 T 1 1| A e e e e & Co. 3 a1 901003 0l worth or your mo Itis a well known fact by this time 'bout that | S. W. Cor.L5th and Douglas Sts, RLASTS FROM RAM'S HORY, The devil 18 the father of avory doubt A drunkard's throat has no bottom to it A loafer is never satistied with his wages, If you are not made better by giving, double your gift. Tho man who hates light is always afrail of his own shadow. The nian goes to bed tired who spends the day {0 looking for un easy place. - Some fiddlers ean play & tune on one / string, but it never mukes anybody want to dane An gels weep on man beging to spend can make, Many a man whose | bo kept out of hoaven b Wwas too short. There are people who never hear any music thac suits them, except when they are play ing first fiddle, A hypocri hemself ov make a misstop One of the first covonants that every young man ought to make with humself is that he will neyer run in deot - Ralirond 1 St Pa 6 330 miles of new r taid fu the United States the past year, tho smallost amouni rocovded since 1857, “This does not, however, indicato stagnation in railway construction, for the needs of the country are less than they havo been in tho st hero is scarcely an orgamzed county 10 the northern and western states that is not traversed by one or more railways, and the day is not far distant when the demand for these highways of commerce will be fuily supplied that a young than ho the d more money yors wero long will sause his yardstick bottor satistied with he soes A good man fools ume e, But ¢ ilway track wera - GENLIL RAYS, Atchison Globe foels compailed to who re not An lonest man_usually add 20 por cent for men fucy most Glon Fatls Ropublican: Tt fs a singul that the “blunt’ man s apt to make tl cutting remarks Plain Dealer: There Isno parity betwoen the pose of tho preacher and tho repose of th bald-headed men fn the corner seats, Rochester Democrat: Wite What kind of cards, dy you Uhink muke the bost caliing curds? Husband absent-mindedly)—Aces. “Phere's one good thing marked . politi= Washington Scar an afternoon tew,” r ughter, “Phere’s always a quorum on hand." The English Hostess—T b lHeve you and your husbund are Americans, are you not, Mrs. Nur Mrs. Nu (WILI high seorn)-—-Oh, deali, no; we aliro both from Boston Chicago Record Milwaukee Journal: 1t s ilar how sud denly the possession of « handsome niufller will convince o man that Lis throat needs pro: tection rston Nows; “Loaves have thelr tine 1" but the f00l has no tinie to come off Gal to Atlan snstitution: “Hdltorstruck a snap last night.” “What was 12" wStepped on the preacher's hear trap that ho had set for chicken thieves, Kate Field's Washington: Jinks—Ton't you belleve that spirits are all moonshine? Filkins—Ot, no; some of them pay nternal revenue taxes. anseript: Singleman-Do you let your wife have the last word? " Benediet—Do T let her? H'm! It's ensy tell thut you know nothing of marricd lite. Boston o sw Yora Press: Blustor—Do you mean to suy that I am a lar? Biister-- [ hope th tlemunly a thin 4 1 could not do 8o ungen- But I see you catchmy idea, AN OLD TRICK. 1ruth. Hanging just over my oflice desk, Painted, heribboned and picturesque, Pofnting the future s plain An innocent calendar hol [t snys that ano In January the days nunibe A good lonz montli for & perfeet test~ Tt will keep tally—1 do the rest. Arting in my Fesolve is strong To be honest, straightforward wrong Butin my new first letter [ seo The clerical Labit of 93, und neyor e THE SnATERS. Portland Transeript, 0ss the glassy surface press The enger, restloss compiny In furs andsatins some may dress, And some In scanty garh nuy be; But pleasure animates oach heart, And makes the high and humble ons In their enjoyment of the art . That gleanis henoath the setting sun, While falnt the twang Of clashing steol ife y feol hoor, I manhood’s prime Giide swiftly down The stream of time, Beneath the That with the healtht Two different planets The sky above, the lood below— And tirere, on tho pellucid shield That winter o'er the like hus laid, Tho merry skaters dashed and wh Amid e moonlight and the shade. While countless throngs o to und fro With lifo above, And doath below; Tifl old and young, In pain and prine, Have glided down i stream of time. sweeping out sale of *ours, and there are many wise ones among the population who are filling buckets with the pure, clear ar- their cles from our well-spring of midwinter prizes. Winter has been taking a nap, but she is sure to take a crack Those caps of ours will and $12 ones go will sell The The %15 o KING & CO., L ) (T} J' l,. v; |‘!r- e .