Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY ]}EE. r‘:_'n;x\l‘:\v,\'fimu.’ Bdior. P SURSORIPTION 1ay) Ono Year TERMS ¢ Dally Bee (without Su Daily and Sunday. On Six Month Three Monthi Bundny Ber iy ekly Ree $ 800 500 2 60 2 00 160 66 h O N and Twenty-fourth streets. 11 1T, 1 Pearl atreet y Office. 817 Chamber of Commeree. yriK. roomA 13, 1 15. Tribune building Washingion. 513 Four CORRESPONDENCE, Al eommunieations relating to news and edi- {orial matter should bo addressed: To the Bditor BUSINESS LETTE All business [otters and remitiances shonid be addressca o The Joe Publishing company, Omaha. Drafta, cheeks and postom dders 1o bem payable to the order of the comuany. THE REE PUBLISHIN JOMPANY. [ OF CIRCULATION. George B, Tzschuck, ary of The Bee Publishing company, belng duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Dally Morning, Evening and Bunday during the of FATEM month 22,807 1 e Total for the month basieseses Less reductions for unsold and turned copies....... o y average net clroulation... GEORGE B, TZSCHU! before me and subscribed In this lay of February, 184 31L,, Notary Public "Ye- 22673 Sworn to my presence (SEAL.) A New York bacber announces that he will shave the uncmployed free of charge at cer- tain hours on specified days. It's the boot black's turn next. Mr. Bland really gives utterance to some very sensible views when he qualifies him- self by saying that he is speaking from the standpoint of the gold monometallist. In these dull, wintry days do not forget that every dollar you spend for the purchase of Nebraska-made goods is kept within the state and s turned over again to men who are cltizens and taxpayers of this common- wealth. We must bring all the money to the state we can and then see that it Is kept here, With a committee on the revision of foot ball rules hard at work to abolish the abuses that have sprung up In this gare, the out- look for the rapid extinetion of the foot ball flend is not very promising. Brutality is no necessary adjunct of the game of foot ball. Under revised rules the sport is sure to be more popular than ever. St. Gaudens, the sculptor, offended the ar- tistic tastes of a few squeamish prudes re- siding in Boston, which takes such pride in her reputation for art culture. This time, as In the case of the Columbian medal, a nude male figure is the immediate occasion of the storm of indignant objections. Isn’t it about time for Boston to come into the clvilized world? Here Is a chance for a new speculative enterprise. The Chinese on the Pacific coast are said to be taking out duplicate registration certificates by the dozen, which they hope will acquire an unearned incro- ment of value as soon as the penalties of the exclusion act go into effect. A corner in Chinese registration certificates might mean a fortune for its manipulators. Congressman Harter sees nothing wrong in the delineatlon of the democratic party as Jackasses in the comic papers, but he does most decidedly object to watching his fellow democrats in congress making practical fack- astical exhibitions of themselves on the floor of the house. Mr. Harter ought to be more lenient in his strictures. A jackass cannot help acting like a jackass. Wayne McVeagh, the newly appointed ambassador to Italy, has finally arrived on the other side of the Atlantic. His friend, Mr. Van Alen preceded him by some weeks, but has mot ventured to inform the public of his whereabouts for some time. Me- Veagh ought to hunt Van Alen up and de- liver to him a vote of thanks for his kind- ness In releasing his title to the Italian ambassadorship. Secretary Carlisle has deemed It to his ad- vantage to fall in with the democrats who are demanding the coinage of the silver selgniorage in the treasury instead of rely- ing on further bond issues under the old law of 1876. An empty treasury makes any ex- pedient for securing money exceedingly tempting to a secretary already at his wit's end as to which way to turn. It is money, not consistency, that he is seeking. President Cleveland must have a private deteotivo force constantly employed to spy out mugwumps and converted republicans upon whom he may confer the rewards of the great democratic victory of 1892, He has succeeded once more in tho case of the newly appointed postmaster at Lincoln. This cannot but edify all the good demo- crats who have staunchly stood by their party when there wero no loaves for the fish Intending applicants for federal offices will at once see that their récords show the necessary number of conversions from one party to another. Objections are being ralsed to an experi- ment now In progress at one of the eastern collegos In which a number of rabbits are belng subjected to an alcoholic treatment in order to observe the effects which the stim- ulants have upon different animals when given in different quantities. It is urged that this 1s an extreme case of cruelty to animals and ought to be stopped by the au- thorities. The scientific results may be se- cured from the abundant supply of voluntary subjects to be found among the human spo- cles. Then, too, Just think of wasting the liquor on unappreciative rabbi Last year there were 361 business failures in Nebraska. Out of this numbor thirty- elght fallures were due to the incompetency of the principals; twelve were the result of inexperience, and thirteen were due to ex- travagance and neglect, Fraud figured in twenty-elght of these fallures, which means that the principals wanted to fall. This leaves but 270 failures during the past year attributable to legitimate causes, These figures have been compiled by Mr. Taylor, manager of Bradstreet's, and they comprise the first analysis of fallures that has ever been made covering an entire state. The record is considered a most gratifying one, covering as it does a period of business de- pression that has never been equalled In the history of Nebraska. THE OM 12 AHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1894--SIXTEEN PAGE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. This week will witness the completich of the twenty-fifth year of the existence of the State university of Nebraska. The sig- nifieant evont is very properly to be com- memorated ‘by appropriate ceremonies on Thursday and Friday of this week, and fs an oceasion well calculated to eall the attention of the people of Nebraska to the work which this great educational Institution is perform- ing. It must be remembered that the uni versity fs part and parcel of the public school system of the state, supported wholly by public funds. It might perhaps trace its or- 1gin back to the policy enunciated in the famous ordinance of 1789, providing for the encouragement of schools in the northwest territory—a polley consistenly adhered to by congr must bo aseribed the grant made In the enabling act of 1864 for the use and one to whic of seventy-two sections of land and support of a state university, to be ap- propriated and applied for that purpose and for no other purpose. It was in pursuance of this grant that the legislaturo in 1869 passed an act establishing a state university and providing for its malntenance and govern- ment From practically nothing this institution has grown In the short period of twenty-five years beyond the most sanguine expectations of its founders. It has attracted student from all portions of the state as as from sul inding states, until at its capacity for accommodating those apply for the privilege of the advantages which it offers Is tested to the utmost. At infrequent intervals reluctantly made ap- propriations to add to its equipment in buildings and apparatus, but not fast enough to keep up with the de- mands made upon its resources. From a bare handful of instructors the teaching corps has fncreased in correspondenice with the increase of students until it constitutes a small regiment in itscif. One by one ad- ditfonal subjects have been added to its curriculum, until it offers to those who Iiberal education an oppor- tunity to make a good boginning in any one of the great flelds of literature, sclence and art. It is not fair to compare the State uni- versity with any of the munificently endowed institutions of the east, although in such a comparison it would not fail to hold its own taking all circumstances into ¢ By the side of the other state univers that of Nebraska occupies a high pla Twenty-five years are but as a day in the life of these conters of higher education. The University of Nebraska has only begun its career; it has yet many years to grow before it will lay claim to having attained its majority. The state officials, the legis- lators, the men and women active in cduca- tional work, the graduates who have passed out from its direct influence, the present students absorbing knowledge within its walls, the cltizens of Nebraska, always In- terested in the welfare and’ advancement of their educational interests, all who gather at Lincoln to participate in the coming celebration, may regard with satisfaction the progress that twenty-five years has wrought In the University of Nebraska. well present who have enabled it now ire a AGE ON THE BENCH. One of the objections urged against Mr. Peckham, nominated for associate justice of the supreme court of the United' States, s\ that he is'too old, being in his 63d year. Itiis contended that noi man ought to be confirmed ‘who) is over 60 and it Is said there was an understanding reached among senators some time ago that any candidate for the supreme bench whose age exceeded 60 would not be confirmed. [ There is unquestionably some force in this contention and it finds warrant in the fact that thera have been in the entire his- tory off the court but four appointments of men’ whose age when appointed exceeded 60 years. These were William M. Strong of Pennsylvania, 62 years old when ap- pointed; Ward Hunt of New York, 61; Sam- uel Blatehford of New York, whose death created the present vacancy, 62, and L. Q. C. Lamar, 62. A majority of the appoint- ments were of men in the 50's, among these being Roger B. Taney, who was 59 when appointed, and Salmon P. Chase, who was 56. The men who acquired the greatest fame on the supreme bench were still younger. John Jay, the first chief justice, was 44 years old when appointed, the cele- brated John Marshall was 46, and Joseph Story, one of the country’s most eminent jurists, was only 32 when he became an assoclate Justice of the supreme court. It will thus be seen that the practice has been to appoint men under the age of 60 to the highest judiclal tribunal and It Is a practice founded upon sound reasons. Un- doubtedly a man may be intellectually at his best at the age of 63, but the cases are extremely rare ‘of men who long remain at their best after attaining this age. It is not judicious to put a man on the supreme bench whose faculties may be at the point of decline by reason of age and whose vears of usefulness must in any event be few. PASSING OF THE SOCIAL SEASON. The advent of Lent has brought to a close a soclal season in Omaha that has been re- markable in more than one respect. It 1s distinguishable from other social seasons first in its brevity. Commencing late and ending. early, it has allowed little time for intervening breathing spells and has com- pelled its devotees to crowd into a few short weeks the entertainments which they would willingly have spread more leisurely over a longer time. But despite its sudden ter- mination, it would be difficult to find many among the so-called swell set who are not ready to join in the exclamation, “How glad I am that it is all over! Another featuro of the season just closed has been its utter lack of brilllant functions Entertaining on a lavish scale has ne been very prevalent in Omaha and has been less 50 this year than for several years past. This is probably due in some degree to the depression of hard times, which have made people, rich as well as poor, more reluctant to spend their money on objects that may be dispensed with. This may explain the fact that entertaining has run largely to after- noon receptions, kensingtons, informal din- ners, with a theater box party added now and then, intended principally for the amuse- ment of the young ladies in soclety, Ex- cluding the Yale Glee club subscription ball, tormal dances have been marked by their ab- sence. Affairs in which the men have been | Invited to pdrticipate have been compara- tively few and those for the older set almost entirely wanting. The soclal season of 1894 has also been remarkable for the large number of Omaha debutantes launched upon the soclal world. They have held thelr own with any preced ing bevy of buds in Intelligence, appearance, dress and general attractiveness. The few visitors from out of town have been unable to supplant them as thoe center of attraction, and agalnst their older sisters they have had everything thelr own way. They have per- haps been handicapped a trifie in their efforts to please by the fact that the socloty wman bas been & specles in the minority, but this can only be regarded as a sign of cosmopolitanism and that Omaha is rising to the ‘soclal plane of the larger citios of the oast. In all that betokens unostentatious plea the season just closed by who took galties as one of real enjoyn it any, mere surface display A JUDICIAL SCOLD, A judge Is expocted (o exercise his pre- rogative of Interpreting the law and dealing out justice, but it is not the province of a Judge to constitute himselt a public scold upon every occasion when he is to pass upon the official action of an officer who may be offen- sive to him personally or politically. Thero no excuse whatever for Judge Scott's abusive tirade against Mayor Bemis when he cited in a case some months ago and there is no rational excuse for Judge Scott’s denunciad of the mayor In rendering his decision In the Kaiser license case. The licensing board is vested by law with discrotion to grant or refuse license unless the applicant_has violated the law during the previous year or failed to comply with any of the conditions precedent to the issu- ance of a license. In the exercise of this discretion the license board has as much right to its opinion as to the merits of the remonstrance the judge has to his wil be part in its with little, ure membered those ont was was as a witness as opinfon. The supreme court has a right to overrule the decision of Judge Scott, but what would Judge Scott think if the supreme court, in passing final judgment, should go out of its way to inject into its decision a tirade against him and denounce him for miscon- strulng the law. Does not the course of Scott In this case invite reprisals on rt of the mayor, who might, through the city attorney in his appeal brief, roast Judge Scott and denounce him as an arro- gant demagogue or anything else short of a eriminal charge. To be sure the line of propriety as to what a Judge may say concerning co-ordinate branches of government has not yet been legally defined, but the ethics of the pro- fession and the respect which courts of law seek to maintain contemplate the repres: on the part of judges of displays of personal spleen and intemperate talk tending to pro- voke thie contempt of court and public dis- respect for courts and law. on STOP SPLITTING HAIRS. A little more backbone Is what s needed in Towa just now, especially at Des Moines. It has been agreed that the prohibitory stat- ute has not been the unqualified success its ddvocates had claimed for it when it was forced Into law ten years ago. It is even admitted by some of the prohibitionists that the law will never be enforced in some local® ities in the state. From the people a cry for relief has gone up. This cry has been heard and last year the republican party promised relief. Now what s needed is statutory expression of that promise. This must be given or the republicans of Iowa must go back to the voters and admit that the political green goods game has again been enacted. It will not do to longer waste time in hair-splitting over the meaning of the somewhat ambiguous phraseology of the now famous “thirteenth plank.” Either that plank meant something or it meant nothing. It was explained during the cam- palgn to mean that towns and cities where sentiment was in favor of legal control and direction of business whose suppression was proven impossible should be given that privilege, Now that construction of the plank is being buried beneath a heap of petty quibbles and charges and counter charges between the two factions of party. The weakness of the cause of the radicals is admitted in their efforts to force on the liberals a measure that stands as a compromise with what the law now malkes a crime. This will never be endorsed by the people. Honesty Is just as essential to the success of a political party as to an individ- ual. Al that remains is for the honest republicans In Des Moines to come out square-toed and say where they stand. Bush- whacking and skulking behind verbal fogs raised for the purpose of obscuring the question at issue will no longer answer. If the republicans of Towa are to be known as the sponsors of statutory prohibition let them honestly admit the fact; but if they intend to throw off the incubus and re-estab- lish the party in the faith of the people of the state let them drop the discussion that is leading them into a morass of uncertainty and plainly discard prohibition by framing and voting for an honest high license local option law. the THE NEW ANTI-OPTION BILL. Tho bill approved by the agricultural com- mittee of the house of representatives and reported to that body differs in essential respects from the measure to suppress ille- gitimate dealing in options which failed in the last congress. The new bill is designed to bring revenue to the government. Ity author, Mr. Hatch of Missourl, thinis thut it will command almost universal support, reference being had, it Is presumed, to the agricultural interest of the country and those who sympathize with the demand of that interest for legislation of this kiud. A statement regarding the character of this measure says that it distinctly protects the legitimate sales while taxing those establishments in which illegitimate sales are made. For instance, if a sale is made, and the article £old Is not delivered within a certain time, then the tax will be im- posed. It is stated that the treasury of- flclals agree that the proposed bill can be readily administered, and it is also said that the exchanges of the country are now prepared to support the new measure and that some of them have gone 80 far as to suggest that they are ready to pay a tax of say $10 per head upon membership. This, it is argued, would bring them into closer relations with the government and tend to the protection of their rights and privileges. The author of the measure expresses confidence in its becoming a law. Perhaps an accurate description of the bill would be that it Is one to tax bucket shops, and so regarded it ought to have the sup- port of the reputable commerclal exchanges and boards of trade of the country. But de- sirable as the suppression of the bucket shops undoubtedly is the question suggests itself whether taxing these establishments out of existence, if that be practicable, will cure the evil of illegitimate speculation in grain and produce of which the producers of the country complain and which they have ap- pealed to congress to remedy? It is well known that what Is regarded as illegitimate speculation by those who ask for the pro- posed legislation is not confined to bucket shops, nor does the worst of It or that which s assumed to do the greatest damage, take place in or through these establish- ments. It s carried on in connection with the leading commerelal where men who can command millions combine to put values up or down. It does not appear from the brief statement regarding the character of the mew or revised anti-option exchanges, Il that it contemplates any interference with the colossal operations of the million- aire grain and produce gamblers, which are mainly responsible for the evils of specu lation, and it is' hikdly necessary to say that a law which shoufd fail to do this would fall far short of what,the producers of the coun- try desire. Pretty nearly everybody will agree that the bueket shop ought to go, but the wiping out of these establishments for the smaller gaifiblers in will ®0 only a shor{ way toward curing what a great many people regard as a serious and demoralizing diseaso in our commercial system An_anti-option bt duced in the senate, commodities fs also to be intro- the detalls f which have not yet n made publie, but it fe sald that it will avaid .o constitutional objections mado to the measures introduced In the last congress. It is safe to say, how- ever, that no bill can he framed to which objections on constitutional grounds will not be raised. The discussion of this subjoot in the last congress showed that there are two sides to It, and the coming discussion will undoubtedly find the opposition 1o the proposed legislation well peopared to riake a fight against it THE ARMENIANS IN AMERICA In his annual message to congress Presi- dent Cleveland, referring to the relations of the United States with the Ottoman Porte, sald that Turkey complains that her Ar- menfan subjects obtain citizenship in t country, not to identify themselves in good faith with our people, but with the intention of returning to the land of their birth and there in sedition. The president declared that “this complaint is not wholly without foundation,” and he eited in proof of this that a journal published in this country In the Armenian language “openly counsels Its readers to arm, organize and participate in movements for the subversion of Turkish authority in the Asiatic provinces.” The president ated further, in regard to the in- tention of the Ottoman government to expel from its dominions Armenians who have ob- tained naturalization in the United States since 1868, that the right to do this fs an attribute of sovereignty and that “‘our min- ister at Constantinople has been instructed that, while recognizing the right of that government to cnforce its declared policy against naturalized Armenians, he Is pected to protect them from unnecessary harshness of treatment.” So far as the requirements of international relations are concerned this position of our government probably cannot be impeached, but on ab- stract moral grounds there will be a wide- spread opinion that a great Christian nation like the United States ought to manifest a livelier interest in a people who are among the most earnest in the world in promoting the cause of Christianity and a higher civil- ization In the land of the Turk. A number of ‘Armenians residing in this country have issued an address to the pres- ident and people of the United States, in which they set forth the oppression and the wrongs to which the people of Armenia are subjected by the Turkish authorities. It is a recital which is well calculated to evoke universal sympathy for those unfortunate people—peculfarly infortunate in having to submit to the despgtic rule of the Ottoman government. The siory told by these Arme- nians in America, the truthfulnessof which is not to be doubtod, shows a state of affairs that ought to call ‘out the earnest protest of the Christian world and unite it in a de- termined effort to relieve the Armenians from the cruel and barbarous persecutions to which they are subjected. One cannot read of the brutalities practiced upon the Armenians by the Turks without experienc- ing a profound feeling of indignation. The manifest purpose of the Ottoman govern- ment is to extirpate the Armenian race, and it appears to be making good progress toward the attainment of this result, for that people has dwindled from 35,000,000 to barely 5,000,000, and every year the number decreases. It is not apparent that the government of the United States can do anything to remove the evils from which the Armenians suffer. It must keep within the limits of interna- tional rights and obligations. But the Amer- ican people may do something by appealing to the civilized world to unite In a protest against the oppressive and barbarous treat- ment to which the Armenians are subjected and demanding in the name of humanity that the abuses and cruelties and persecutions to which they are subjected shall cease. There can be little doubt that an earnest and well directed movement with this end in view would have a beneficial effect, and the duty that rests upon Christian natlons to insti- tute such a movement is obvious and un- questionable. of engaging ex- General George B. Dandy, chief quarter- master of the Department of the Platte, closes his active career as an officer of the United States army on this his 64th birth- duy. Few army officers who have served in this department have rendered more dis- tingulshed services to their country and made for themselves u more enviable repu- tatlon or can point to a record of more than forty years continuous army life. Serv- ing In the ranks as a volunteer In the war with Mexico when scarcely more than a boy, General Dandy afterward entered West Polnt, from which he graduated into the regular army in 1857. Although of southern birth, he firmly and loyally upheld the cause of the unfon when compelled to choose be- tween his native state and the nation. He was in the fleld during the whole of the war of the rebellion, receiviug repeated promo- tions for gallant and meritorious services, and at the close held the rank of brigadier general. After thé'disbanding of the great volunteer armies (fencral Dandy was re- stored to the regular army and assigned to qugrtermaster’s department, in which he has served for more Bign a quarter of a cen- tury, for the most part as chief quarter- master In one of the divisions or depart- ments of the army,, General Dandy secures a well deserved place on the army retired list, and carries with him the congratula- tions of his fellow: officers, whoso esteem he has won, and the hekt wishes of the civillans with whom he has come In contact, particu- larly among the @itizens of Omaha, who are proud that he has in a measure identified himself with their gity. The lapse of the telephone recelver patent will not disturb the present telephone ex- change monopoly, but it will be followed by thousands upon thousands of interior and pri- vate llnes between residences and businesa offices or between suburban places and the city. Take, for instance, East Omaha,Dundee place or Benson. Residents there can con- nect all their homes by private lines and then pool on the expense of & line to the clity The expense of maintenance would be a mere trifle compared With the rental charge of the same number of Bell tele- phones Manufactufers of the most effective house and office system are sald to be in- undated with orders, while the demand Is continually increasing. The logical out- come of this new condition {s that ‘he old telephone company must eventually suffer the loss of a portion of its busin while the city will have to pass ordinances that will absolutely prohibit the stringing of wires on our principal streets, either by private partles or by corporations. This, of course, will force all wires under ground and when the demand for privi comes great th permitted to u however, te lines be n being o the conduits, On outlying private lines will be run poles, and we predict that a great lines will be put in operation during the next twelve months. people will insist up stroots, upon many such The Commercial club big victory for Omaha has succeeded in bringing o tion of discriminating live as between Omaha and Kansas City whereby all shipments from southwest northern Missourl can be Omaha market at a profit that has heretofore existed on this business lias been raised, the bridge toll having been absorbed in the through rate. This signal victory will be of Inestimable to Omaha. Tt soems strange, that in all these matters of railroad rates Omaha must fight for fair play. The whole traffic scheme of railroads In this territory is ap- parently lald out as against the interests of this city, making it for our people to sue for equal rights, which can be at the end of a bitter contest. Omaha ought to be strong enough has scored another Commissioner Utt hout the aboli stock rates Towa and to the The embargo made value however, pmmercial necessary secured only to compel railroad rate makers to take her interests into consideration in prey coedingly when schedules aration. It is becoming ex- wearisome to find that this city is Invariably shut out of business naturally utary to it. It is high time the tables 1 and that the railroad shall ren- h is Caesar’ are der unto Caesar that whi Judge thrown out of court the case of a fireman who sued a hotel pro- prietor to recover damag sonal in- jurles sustained at a fire on the defendant's premises. The judge holds that when a man enters the public service in the capac ity of a fire fighter he must necessarily assume the risks incident to the service. He puts the fireman the the soldier who enlists for clvil Th proposition in the abstract seoms to have been disposed of ‘by the judge on sound principles. Just what the evidence would have disclosed is another matter. If the injury sustained was due to defective build- ing or to an oversight upon the part of the of the premises, there might be good grounds for a reversal of the court's Jjudgment. 1f, however, the of a burnt building shall be held responsible in such cases we cannot see how the city can escapo a share of responsibility for the in- Jury of its paid agents in the public service. The principle of law which enables the employe of a private corporation to recover damages for personal Injuries would certainly argue that the municipal corpora- tion cannot evade such claims. We are inclined to the beilef that Judge Ambrose's decision will be afirmed. Ambrose has s for pe on plane of war. owner owner Columbia college has just called Prof. Franklin H. Giddings to a newly created chair in sociology, the first we believe that has been established in any American uni- versity, and one of tho two or three that exist anywhere in the world. The study of sociology by means of sclentific methods is something that was absolutely unknown a few decades ago. It has been” treated both as a separate science, a part of the larger study of social relations, and also as the collective soclal sclences regarded as a harmonious body of thought. At the same time there have been vigorous onslaughts upon the claim of sociology to the status of a science at all. The trend of the most modern opinion seems to bt in favor of marking off a field to sociology and of giv- ing it the name of a science, and to this re- sult no one in this country has contributed so much as Prof. Giddings. A few more years and the other universities will have to follow Columbia in establishing chairs of sociology, and a new science will have ac- quired a fixed place in the curriculum of all our higher educational institutions. Omaha continues to reap a certain amount of free advertising cvery time a people's party convention endorses the Omaha plat- form. Wait for the Senate. Cineinnati Enquirer, The action of the house on the Hawailan question is not likely, from present appear- ances, to be insignificant, It is to the sen- ate committee, which has been investigat- ing the subject, that the country must look for “words that burn,” Two Points of View. Loutsville Courier-Jowrnal. Coming out Music hall after General Gordon's lectu last night, the wife of an estimable gentleman, an ex-confederate colonel, in talking to her husband of the lecture, id: “It was a splendid lectur: a litte too much ‘reconstructed “Yes, madam,” was the ex-colonel's re- s “but you weren't whipped, and I but T think it Bucking the Inevital Chicigo Tribune, The duke of Devonshire has appealed to the tory pecrs not to force a conilict with the people over the parish councils bill. ‘But the tory peers do not care much about the appeals of the slecpy duke, The occasion of the appeal, by the way, was the proposal of a tory amendment Lord Salisbury and the amendment was adopted. The p: ish councils bill is now so heavily loaded down with tory amendments that its rejec- tion by the liberals 1s | able, ol e To Whom it Vay Philadelphia Ledger. The country could put a ve the field in the event of war re only voly rs, but drafted men. Accor ing to tary Lamont there are mor than 8,000,000 men available for military duty in the Unite ates, and at least a fourth of thesc ¢ relied upon to v unteer their services for any war wh should arouse the patriotism of the coun try. Happily there is no danger that they will be called upon. The sentiment ¢ country I8 ugainst wars for conquest, and we are too strong to be subjects of an at- tack by forelgn power R oncern. big army | iring not ng. Chiewio Post Senator Hawley of Connecticut was met In the senate lobby by & newspaper man on s day the news came of Admiral Hen- ham's fiving on the lian rebel ship He hadn't heard the news. Bul when he was asked what he thought of the Amer- fcan naval ofticer's action, he promptly re- plied: He “Hut know ST ator replie. mand of our squadron. did was right.” 1d just right sald the correspondent, you don't And whatever he - ortant Court Rullng, indianapolis . ournal. The setting aside of a verdiet in a Chi- cago court by Judge G 0 the. ground at the plaintift’s lawyer had abused wit cs must be & novel proceeding, but it is one which will end itself to many people who have b accustomed to see or hear of witnesses being insulted by law- yers in xamination. Judge Gary made this ruiing because the judges have so little control of the proceedings before them that there I8 no other method to enfor decorum toward witnesses and in the ad- dresses to jurers, If this is the case a re- form in judictal proccedings is needed. It should bé within the power of a judge to protect & witness and to prevent an attor- ney from going outside the testimony to make appeals to the jury, as was the case ly, when Grand Army o on t sund’ that An I the accused, ter, was the son of & comrade, g He I8 always ready to take you up. A grandson of General Hancock has appointed cadet- at-large at West Point James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosler gathers in $30,000 a year. Noughty nica Unless the popullsts in congress spike the Omaha platform, Senator Quay will run away with the planks, The Diamond Match comp: per cent on its capital last year holders mado light of it A millionaire policoman sorves without pay at Quincy, Mass. Reflections on capitalistic cormorants are rarely perpetrated on his beat. A Philadelphia 1 explain “‘What Is Democracy panfon piece for the mystery Ross. Since Congressman Simpson acquired the broad Murray Hill style of enunclation his addresses are quite dialectable to his consit- uonts. Holresses with aspirations for titles of Fu- ropean nobillty should read the reports of Princess Colonna's efforts to get rid of her at “cato ho assertlons of the envious that Boston's glory as a literary and art center Is on the wane are clearly unfounded. Artist Corbett took in $19,000 there last week problem fs now being seriously dis- whether a supporter of Cleveland is y a democrat. The solution cannot be had while the pie counter is loade Admiral Benham s a son of Commodore Benham, who had a family mansion on aten island, the admiral's birthplace. His son Harry is a lieutenant in the navy. One Montreal man sued another for dam- ages for Kissing his wife, but the judge dis- ssed the case on the ground that the basis the action was not sufficlently serious srge W, Childs neither drank, or swore, but there must have been occ slons when an cbulition of sulphuric temper by the religious editor struck a responsive chord in secret Another Ohlo army of 100,000 threatens to invade Washington to demand good roads If the army was provided with a good road the high privates and commanders would next demand tandem coaches with govern- ment equerries . Mrs. Mary Huffman of Sabina, 0., pre dicted last Friday that within three days she would be dead and began making energetic preparations for the funcral. She was found dead in bed last Sunday morning. A marked improvement is fairly visible In municipal finances in Chic pertinent objections to the pass 5 ordinance were ssfully overcome by the application of a poulti 00. The ef- fect on the fifty city dads v gical. Fili- bustering ceased and the ordinance went through with the rapidity of greased light- nig. As a specific for municipal friction the coin of the realm rarely fails. T ODD BITS OF LIFB. been post, but clearad 42 The stock- ny bravely attempts to It is a com- of Charley smok Denmark’s Old Maid Insurance company pensions its members at 40 years of age. The name of the man who lights the statue of liberty in Washington nightly Is Mr. Amerijca. A rattlesnake killed by James Graham of Columbus, Ind., measured nine feet in length and had thirty-nine rattles. In South America they boast of a bectle that averages a foot in length and butterflies fourteen inches from ‘“tip to tip."” A powder made from a fossil shell known as “the devil's thumb” is regarded both as a cure and a preventive of whooping cough in many parts of England and Ire- land. By a remarkable picce of engineering nearly 1,600 acres of salt meadows at Bridgeport, Conn., have been ditched, diked zainst the tide, and are rapidly being got into upland grass. It would be difficult, sa Republie, to convince the average man that fir is a stronger wood than oak, but such has been proven by actual tests that were made by a fair and Impartial commit- tee appointed for that purpose. The tim- hers used were each 2x4 inches and four feet long, both ends solidly braced, and the weight applied in the middle of the span. Yellow fir stood a strain of 3 pounds, common Oregon oak 2,922 pounds. Fine grained yellow fir from near the butt stood a strain of 8,635 pounds and best Michigan oak snapped with a strain of only 2,428 pounds. The tests were made .by the Northern Pacific Railway company at Ta- coma, Wash. the St. Louls s BL. S FROM BAM'S HORN. Folks who hope are generally folks who help. There can be no true politeness without the practice of self-denial. Many a prayer for a revival has been de- feated by a church entertainment. Some people never pray for a revival to come at a time when it will interfere with their work. Daniel had time to pray three times a day, but some church members think they are ‘doing well If they pray once a week. Bverybody knows that the sun has spots on it, and yet some people always expect a 10-year-old boy to be about perfect. Adam was put out of Eden for commit- ting one sin, and yet there are liars and thicves wh) expect to be made welcome in heaven because their wives belong to the church. FOR MEASURE. the Beat I8 Always the Chenpest is Troven by Figures. The Bee has made a compilation of the ro- MEASURE That sult of the daily comparisons published dur- ing the past week showifg the amount of matter printed by the three leading pape of Nebraska--The F the World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal—gxclusive of com mercial news and advertisoments. Fven were the columns of these papers of the same width and length, and were the mate ter printed in the samoe Lyve tho patrons of The Boo would have a great advantage. In the table below is given the actual measurement of the matter in the three papers by columns, and in the last lino is prosented st ent of how the papers compared when measurod by the standard lumns of The Bee. It is easy to see that tho best is the cheapest. The figures are as follows DAYS OF WERK. H-M Supuaag “*39g Fujuaagy tay, Fobruary 3 tay, Fobruary Iy, February 7 Fobouary ¥ Febraary 4 Uiy, Febriary 10 Friday Satu l for weok Measured by i Sinn. dard | 220 170 SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Elmira Gazotte offer’ prayers it | they are minis Chicago tion be an gersoll Roe. From the way some men difficult to tell whether ters or auctioneers, Tribune: In the of the Sal- Army v, The Devil soems to understanding that Hob In- stands in the Richard suit tl Colonel relation of New York Sun: Our esteomed rary, the London Standard, says Talmage is “wit} \ serlous rival in his line of oratory."” dently the London .r‘ andard is not familiar with the steam cal- iope, contempo- that Dr, St. Paul Globe: A Christian federation church has been organized in Chicago. Pro- hibition is the corner-stone of the soclety, but as prohibition is also inculeated by most of already established churches, the need of the new one is not very mani . Kansas City Star Dr. Briggs says that the “denominationalism’ existing in this country is terrible. Meanwhile the history of the “Congress of Religions” is selling rapidly, the great body of ministers declaro that the barriers existing between the dif- ferent churehos are breaking down, and Mr. Barcham Harding, who is declared the most learned exponent of theosophy, and Colonel Mohammed Webb have both recently spoken from Christian pulpits. The world moves Indianapolis Journal: President Harper of the Baptist college In Chicago, founded by Mr. Rockefeller, has publicly disavowed his belief in portions of the old testament narrative, and, conseq y, some of the brethren who regard themselves as watch- men set upon the walls to defend the faith have assailed him. Fortunately for Dr. Harper the year is 1804 instead of 1844, Fifty, or even twenty-five years ago, tho head of a presumably Baptist, Presbyterian or other denominational college who should have been so rash as to make such an avowal would have been cast out with tho utmost dispateh. Now, comparatively few even openly criticise. And yet thero are more evidences of Christianity in the land this season than were ever witnessed before, . AND WISDOM. Think of it, Josiah. There ugh’ to sell their wIT Inter-Ocean: are people henrtles: own flesh and biood.” “How do you know, Mand. “Right here In this paper I see an offer: ‘Heavenly Twins' for 50 cents.'” Republic Muni, we t before Lent, menu, Detrolt Free Press: “How do you know that De Vere is not in love with Mabel Sweetbriar?” “Because T heard him tell her the other evening, when they came from church, that W of a short cut home.'” ramps (at last party and we're Binghamton kitchen door) what's comin’ lookin’ for a gorge-u The reasons of the talke wre mostly sound. moon two s to get It takes the il and two we the fun in that Milwaukee Journal: In many instances the man who spends his life waiting for his ship to come in wastes his time, ‘because he originally omitted to send any ship out. Albany Press weeks to pet over it. Whe Chicago Tribune: “Then we may count upon your beginning a serles of meetings town two wecks from next Sutu said the leading member of the com= mittee. “I_shall be on hand,” replied the distin- guished revivali “But, brethren, you must start | you promoters at ' work right away." THAT'S THIZ WAY Atlanta Constituticn, Some of these days, Wi There And mo But the best way to we nd the best way to dc 1s; Roll up your wristbands And pull hér right through! ah pulls through, ROWNING,KING & co. The larg: t makers an lors of fine elothes on cartl ‘our money’s worth or your monoy baci, It's so easy if you BROWNING, | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, Will Day the express If you send the money for 82U worth or more Like everything else it took us some time to learn it, but we know now that if you want to it done with goods that are do business must be in style; that's the rea- son why when the sea son's well over we cut the life out of prices and let $20 suits go at $16.50 and $12 suits at $8.50 and so on. We don't carry over a thing, but let them out at any price to have always a new this year's stock. Try it and see, KING & CO,,